I Forgot to Remember to Forget I Forgot to Remember to Forget is a in " " . Detailed walkthrough . Activating the quest . You must have Boone with you as a companion to activate this quest . In order to access the necessary dialogue options , the player must have spoken to Manny Vargas in Novac or Bitter - Root in Camp McCarran about his tour of duty in the NCR and Bitter Springs . In order to trigger the quest , the player must accumulate at least 5 " history " points with Boone . Note that these " history / trust points " can only be earned while Boone is in your party , although he need not be by your side ( you can have him wait elsewhere ) . If all of the following have been completed before recruiting Boone , it will be impossible to accumulate the required history points . The + 2 History Points will provide some dialogue which the Courier can respond to , which will affect Boone ' s opinion of the Courier when the actual quest begins . Sometimes Boone will make comments while the events are happening or just completed ; sometimes he will not comment . However ; each time history points are accumulated you can choose the companion option to " talk to " Boone ; as his history / trust with the courier improves additional dialogue options about his past and Bitter Springs will open up . Depending on your dialogue choices you can eventually persuade Boone to consider returning to Bitter Springs . If that final dialogue option is unlocked , the conversation will come to a close ( no more dialogue options ) and Boone will say it is a bad idea ; however waiting next to Boone for a few minutes he will approach the Courier and say he has reconsidered what you have said , changed his mind , and will ask if you can go to Bitter Springs together . Agreeing to do so will finally initiate the quest to begin . Some of Boone comments : The attack on Bitter Springs . In order for Boone to initiate dialogue about Bitter Springs , the Courier must have both gained Boone ' s loyalty and talked to either Manny Vargas in Novac or Bitter - Root at Camp McCarran about the Bitter Springs Massacre . After a Speech check of 30 or better is passed the Courier may suggest going back to Bitter Springs . Boone may initially refuse , but after more companion quests have been completed another request from the Courier may encourage Boone to revisit Bitter Springs . Once arriving at Bitter Springs , Boone asks to go to Coyote Tail Ridge , where he was stationed , and tells the Courier exactly what happened during the massacre there . He then asks the Courier if they don ' t mind staying overnight . If the Courier says yes , the screen will fade out and fade back in , with Boone saying that a Legion raiding party is on the way . It largely consists of recruits , but they can be tough to defeat , especially if trying to avoid casualties . Some tougher units will be mingled with the later waves . The attacking Legion forces come in three waves . The quest is considered complete once all three waves are dead . Boone will typically immediately talk to the Courier once the last enemy is dead , but not always . The Courier does not gain NCR Fame until he speaks to them , so the Courier may put on ( or take off ) faction armor at that point , depending on whether the Courier wants to accept the Fame adjustment . At the end of the conversation his armor is upgraded depending on the last answer . Although both armors are only cosmetically different , this dialogue choice actually influences . Behind the scenes . The name of this quest is a reference to the song sung by Elvis Presley in 1955 .