Summary: What are Lucas' thoughts on James message?
19 years after Lucas' birth
Lucas pov
"James: Hold on Jonas, I need to record this first.
I don't really know how to tell you this. I hope you'll understand, but I know you might be angry. I thought about it for a long time, but in the end I decided it was best for you not to know. So many things could have gone wrong, and there's really no telling how the Overseer will react when he finds out. It's best if he can blame everything on me.
Obviously, you already know that I'm gone. It was something I needed to do. You're an adult now. You're ready to be on your own. Maybe some day, things will change and we can see each other again. I can't tell you why I left or where I'm going. I don't want you to follow me. God knows life in the Vault isn't perfect, but at least you'll be safe. Just knowing that will be enough to keep me going.
Jonas: Don't mean to rush you, Doc, but I'd feel better if we got this over with.
James: Okay. Go ahead. Goodbye. I love you."
Lucas looks at his pipboy, uncertain that he have heard that distinctive click after a message is done. He doesn't know what to do with this information. No explanation is given, and there have not been any heads-up either.
Lucas can't understand it. Where have his dad gone? Why would James leave in the first place? How can James be such an idiot? Why shouldn't Lucas follow him? And how will Lucas understand this?
Lucas sighs and looks up at the big blue sky, which he still refers with determination as the roof of this big, new world, and instantly gets dizzy of the height. He quickly decides that he must have answers to these questions, and that he will follow his dad to wherever he has gone. And so begins his quest to find his own dad.