I know things have been...weird between us since I got here. [He doesn't know how else to phrase it, so there it is.]

I get that a lot has happened, and maybe I'm a little different from what you remember. Half the time I wish I wasn't - I wish I was still that arrogant, self-absorbed dumbass from training. [Because he was happier, because he knew what he was doing, or at least thought he did...] But I can't be anymore.

[He shakes his head.] Point is, I'm still your friend, and you're still mine. So don't feel like you have to hide anything from me, or act like everything's okay when it isn't. [Here, he looks at Marco again.]