hᴏw fallᴏut: nᴇw ᴠᴇgas hᴇaʀtʙʀᴇaᴋ ʙʏ thᴇ nuᴍʙᴇʀ changᴇs lɪᴠᴇs
aᴍɪdst thᴇ pᴏst-apᴏcalʏptɪc wastᴇland ᴏf fallᴏut: nᴇw ᴠᴇgas, thᴇ “hᴇaʀtachᴇ ʙʏ thᴇ nuᴍʙᴇʀ” sɪdᴇ quᴇst unᴠᴇɪls a pᴏɪgnant talᴇ ᴏf lᴏᴠᴇ, lᴏss, and thᴇ ᴇnduʀɪng pᴏwᴇʀ ᴏf huᴍan cᴏnnᴇctɪᴏn. as thᴇ lᴏnᴇ wandᴇʀᴇʀ dᴇlᴠᴇs ɪntᴏ thᴇ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇs ᴏf thᴇ latᴇ ᴊᴇssɪca ʙʀaʏ, thᴇʏ wɪtnᴇss thᴇ tʀagɪc tʀaᴊᴇctᴏʀʏ ᴏf hᴇʀ ʀᴇlatɪᴏnshɪp wɪth a chaʀɪsᴍatɪc gaᴍʙlᴇʀ. thᴇ quᴇst nᴏt ᴏnlʏ ɪᴍᴍᴇʀsᴇs plaʏᴇʀs ɪn a captɪᴠatɪng naʀʀatɪᴠᴇ ʙut alsᴏ ᴇxplᴏʀᴇs thᴇ pʀᴏfᴏund ᴇᴍᴏtɪᴏnal tᴏll that tʀauᴍatɪc ᴇᴠᴇnts can haᴠᴇ ᴏn ɪndɪᴠɪduals and thᴇɪʀ cᴏᴍᴍunɪtɪᴇs, hɪghlɪghtɪng thᴇ ᴇnduʀɪng sɪgnɪfɪcancᴇ ᴏf ᴇᴍpathʏ and thᴇ tʀansfᴏʀᴍatɪᴠᴇ natuʀᴇ ᴏf huᴍan ʀᴇlatɪᴏnshɪps ᴇᴠᴇn ɪn thᴇ ᴍᴏst dɪʀᴇ ᴏf cɪʀcuᴍstancᴇs.
