Lex Fridman 52:06
 Do you ever... try to sort of imagine that people fall in love with the characters, with the Npcs?
 like I mean, do they get really attached to the...
 

Todd Howard 52:17
Oh, yes. I mean I've done it in games.
 

Lex Fridman 52:18
 These are like close friends right? Like, you can, like you miss them
 

Todd Howard 52:23
 on 100 percent. Actually. Like whenever I'm playing a game. And there is if there's like a friendship option or make friends or a romance thing, I find those moments really.
 

I enjoy them. I find them pretty impactful emotionally to what we're doing. And so we've done a little bit of it. It's one of the things that we actually have pushed in starfield. 

So we have a number of companions but for them, we go… you know, I won't say super complex romantic but more complex relationships than we've had. 

In terms of not just some state of they like you or they don't like you but they can be in love with you and dislike something you did and be pissed at you temporarily and then come back to loving you.