Vasquez doesn't think he could ever be just like them. They're settled and seem like they have their shit together and he definitely doesn't. After all, he's still afraid of getting too close to anyone, so how could he ever be like them, properly?

He shrugs, not wanting to make a big deal about it. "On a cattle drive, it was easy to be with another man when women weren't around. It was never really about anything else."

He says, in the past tense, because meeting Faraday had changed that. For the first time with a man, he'd experienced a deep pull and need for more, like feelings.