Special

Okay, so… just so we know, how do you deal with a Dog of War or any of its variants?" Verona asked.

"By putting a bullet in them, or some other means of execution, after cutting them off from their power source."

"How do you cut them off?"

"Draw a circle around them. I can teach you the basics of binding Others at a later date. With John, don't bother trying. The act of finishing the drawing of the circle gets harder the greater the source of power is. His source of power is a big, long-running conflict with no sign of ending, even if Canada pulled out six years ago. Like a large body of water with a narrow hole feeding out the bottom to this particular output, the pressure is immense and the stream violent. You're not positioned to put that conflict to rest and you're not equipped to close a circle."

- Lost For Words 1.4

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It was tempting to think of these Dog Tags or Dogs of War as being friends and allies of John. Friends of a friend, right? But the reality Toadswallow had noted for her a few days ago was that John was special and not all of these guys had been given the opportunity to grow. Some had been birthed on a battlefield and started fighting within minutes, and then they'd been bound. They hadn't left that fight, yet.

- Fallout 14.2