A Family Affair

A Family Affair is a side quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Honest Hearts.

Quick walkthrough

 * 1) Talk to Waking Cloud about her husband.
 * 2) Talk to Daniel about Walking Cloud's husband to learn of his fate.
 * With the information you can either:
 * Tell Waking Cloud the bad news, which will result in her being angry with Daniel.
 * Lie to her, which will result in karma loss.
 * Promise Daniel not to tell, which won't change anything.

Detailed walkthrough
First, talk to Waking Cloud about her family. She believes Daniel may be withholding information from her and asks you to talk to him about the matter. After much hesitation, Daniel will state that her three children survived their exodus, but that her husband died protecting them from a White Legs attack.

Daniel will ask you not to tell Waking Cloud about this for fear that her resultant grief will render her useless, but the player can convince him otherwise. At this point, the player can either tell Waking Cloud the truth or lie to her. Lying to her results in bad karma and a bad ending for her. Telling her the truth results in no karma change and a good ending for her. The player can also promise Daniel that he won't disclose the facts to Waking Cloud, which closes off dialogue options pertaining to the quest.

If she is told the truth, she will at first be angry with Daniel for keeping the news from her; but her ending reveals that she later forgives him. After her grief over losing her husband subsides, she takes a new husband, a member of the Dead Horses tribe, who stays close to home at her request.

If she is lied to, she will be resentful of Daniel and the New Canaanites and poisons her tribe against their teachings, making relations very difficult between the Sorrows and the New Canaanites.