"Yes, a year since I've seen your face," is his retort and it comes out filled with grief instead of something like teasing, because it's been so long that he's given up on the idea of seeing him again, but now he's here and Vasquez maybe has a shot to figure out where this goes after one hectic and wild week.

"I'm angry you don't believe me. You got yanked here and drowned, put in scrubs, and you want to think that I'm lying? I'm not," he spits at him, pissed off. "It has been a year and I thought I was never going to see you again, puta!" He's shouting now, a little wild, a little off kilter, but he sees no point in holding it in.