Civilized Man's Burden

Civilized Man's Burden is a side quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Honest Hearts.

Quick walkthrough

 * Talk to Follows-Chalk about his desire to explore civilization.
 * Speak to Joshua Graham about Follows-Chalk leaving Zion to explore the Mojave.
 * Tell Follows-Chalk your opinion on what he should do.

Detailed walkthrough
After you complete the quest Arrival at Zion with Follows-Chalk, there will be a new dialogue option asking about his interests about seeing civilization when you talk to him. He will say that one day a "Man with a big mustache and guitar" came to their camp. He said that he was traveling around the wasteland and playing on guitar for people that payed him for it. After that, he will ask you to speak with Joshua Graham on his behalf about whether he can leave to see civilization. When you ask Joshua he will tell you that it's your decision whether he should stay with the Dead Horses or leave to see civilization. From there, you have to either lie to Follows-Chalk about what Joshua had told you, tell him the truth and what you think he should do, or tell him to follow his own heart and do what he thinks he should do.

If you choose the option of him exploring the civilized lands his ending will say that he told the Dead Horses about his ambitions, and then one day he went into the wilderness by himself, never to be seen again.

If you tell him to stay then his wanderlust will fade and he will start a family.

Behind the scenes

 * The name of this quest references Rudyard Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden," which has been interpreted in different ways. One is that the poem laments the slippery slope of imperial colonialism and was critical of British colonization. Another suggests that the citizens of these colonies were not sufficiently grateful for the benefits of British imperialism.