[ A slightly uncomfortable pause. He feels silly even saying it, but... ]

I just want to be the best version of myself I can be. I keep— I keep hearing stories about everything I turn out to be, everything I mean to all these different people, and sometimes I think maybe, you know, he's the one who should be here. And I know that sounds like I'm getting down on myself, but I'm not. I'm confident, I like who I am, I just... it's a weird kind of pressure, trying to live up to myself.

[ snort. ] Alternate universes, right?