"Of course, that was over 75 years ago," murmured Nan, who could still remember whom she married and on what day. Along with her father's name, and her mother's name as well.
And she smiled at her great granddaughter, Melanie who had asked her about it. Hannah and Carly both shared a knowing look between themselves because they remembered asking their mother the same set of questions when they were children growing up in Camp McCarran and finding husbands for themselves at the NCR Embassy in New Vegas. and having kids of their own, who also grew and had children of their own as well.
Melanie had asked her. "Nanna, why did you choose to become a medic? I mean, what does a medic do?" She sighed and answered in reply. "My dear, it's in my blood as much as being a member of the NCR my dearest heart,of course, so was being raised here at Camp McCarran has had something to do with it. I just had the knack for it I guess." Nan continued, more or less to herself. Carly gave her mother a hand up onto her feet and asked,"Mama, are you ready to see Papa? Jane says he doesn't have much longer." She nodded as she extended a hand to her great grand-daughter, Melanie. Once at the clinic, everyone else in the family had already said their goodbyes, save for Mercy.
She gently took Bitterroot's hand in hers and said."It's going to be alright my love. I'll be fine until the Good Lord calls me home. And that might be sooner or later then we think, but, for now, know that I love you and so does the rest of the family. Be in peace."
And later on that day, he breathed his last and they buried him near Camp McCarran with Mercy humming Amazing Grace to herself. After the burial she explained what being a medic meant to her great granddaughter Melanie. "Melanie, my girl. Being a medic is a choice that people make for themselves, because it's connected to being within the medical field. But there are those who do have the knack for it because of who their parents are. And I'm proud of the fact that it was such a fun project for me to do I guess."
And well, with a love like the one shared by Bitterroot and Mercy, it wasn't really long before she started having heart problems and well, one night, she had died peacefully in her sleep only about five months later. Because of her love for her husband being so strong that on one has ever known any other young couple ever having a love like theirs. and she was buried with the same amount of respect as a member of the NCR with the same thing as her husband and father. And well, the locket and dog tags went to her two great granddaughters, Melanie and Tessa. Melanie went with wearing her great grandmother's locket while her twin sister, Tessa went with her great grandmother's dog tags to wear until it's time to pass them on with their family's history as memebers of the NCR.