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[understood]

As do I. But it's not just the work.

... in any case, as I said, it really is nothing to be concerned about. I suppose I'm just exploring a new and different sense of self, which is as yet unformed.

[shakebadguysshake]

Right, like.
You're not JUST a Mountie, you know?
I mean I know that's a big part of you, I know that.
But you're also a great dad to Dief.
You're a great fiance to me, and a real good friend to a lot of people.
And all that's part of you, too.

[understood]

I don't know if I'd say I consider my role in Dief's life to be parental, exactly, but your point is well taken. And appreciated, I might add. Thank you.

[shakebadguysshake]

Friend to Dief, then.
But I'm glad it helped, at least a little.

[understood]

I think I probably understand a little better how you must have felt when you were told to stop being Ray Vecchio.

[shakebadguysshake]

Yeah, it was uh.
It definitely wasn't easy.
Just stop being the guy you were for the past three years, go back to the old you.
But like, you know. Who even was the old me, at that point?

[understood]

You can't go backwards through life.

[shakebadguysshake]

That's an excellent point, Frase.
We gotta keep pushing ahead, you know?
So we gotta figure out who we are now.
Here, now, in this weird fucking city.

[understood]

"Ray's fiancé" feels like a good start, to me.

[shakebadguysshake]

Yeah I'm pretty damn happy being "Fraser's fiance", too.
Got a nice ring to it.

[understood]

Perhaps because of the alliteration.

[shakebadguysshake]

I think it's cuz I'm stupid in love with you.

[understood]

You may be right.

[shakebadguysshake]

Oh, come on.
You gotta say it back, now, yeah?
Tell me, Frase.
Tell me you're stupid in love with me.

[understood]

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize the protocol.
Ray, I am stupid in love with you.

[shakebadguysshake]

Oh absolutely, sure, yeah.
I say I love you, you gotta say it back.
Every time.

[understood]

Understood.

[shakebadguysshake]

You know, that used to drive me crazy?
Understood.
Cuz it sounded so formal.
But now I know that's just the way you talk, and I like it.

[understood]

Well, I'm glad it doesn't bother you anymore. I don't mean to be annoying.

[shakebadguysshake]

I know you don't, sweetheart.
It took me a minute to get used to the way you talk, is all.
It was something all brand new and stuff.

[understood]

You've got a unique sort of diction yourself, you know.

[shakebadguysshake]

Oh yeah? How so?

[He just thinks the way he talks is pretty normal. But then again, Fraser probably thinks the way he talks is normal, too.]

[understood]

As you once said... you're a poet.

[shakebadguysshake]

Yeah?
You think I talk poeticlike?

[understood]

I do. You use a... a particular patter, or patois, but rather than a regional one, it's singular to you. I'll always remember how you greeted me when we first met. I mean, aside from the fact that I was "gobsmacked," your turn of phrase has stuck with me.