"It's not you," Jordan said, softly. "We're sort of talking now, aren't we?" Maybe not with much depth, but Jordan had his own issues when it came to Hadyn - as much as they were rivals, he'd also always been expected to take care of his younger brother. Hadyn had been more visibly fragile, after all.

"We both know I'm kind of a bastard," he said with a crooked smile after a moment. "It's not the kind of thing that makes most people want to have a heart-to-heart. And it's okay. I don't think I really know how to have one of those, anyway."