I know, man. But- y'know, fuck that. Fuck that and everyone who taught you otherwise. You deserve to be happy now, with your studies, parapsychology, all the shit you and Ray design and build, in this dimension, with- us.

[His voice falters slightly on the last word, but he recovers quickly.]

In another lifetime- probably thousands of lifetimes- I never grew outta being a shitty frat jock. And in another lifetime, you coulda been a carbon copy of your dad. But neither of those are us now.