"It's...." he goes silent. And then:

"I am sorry, Fred. I did try, for a while, to be like we were before. Please believe me, I did try. But it was a lie. This 'all-business mode'--. It's all I have left to give."

"Watching you.... leave. Those memories--."

Wesley shakes his head.

"They're too strong. Too... vivid. I can't pretend they simply aren't there."

I said goodbye to you. Held you in my arms, and said goodbye...