"Such lessons often are. Some, we learn the hardest way possible."

Some, he's still trying to unlearn. 'The way things are done' has always been that guiding star, but he's in uncharted territory now, himself. He doesn't know what to do, and what the elders would have wanted no longer counts for very much at all.

To have such a teacher would have been a great boon. He is quietly glad that his brother was able to find that guidance, that he was separated from them soon enough for it to matter. Even if how it happened was--

Not important right now. Instead he tugs the gloves he's found on, taking a moment to first roll back the sleeves of the hoodie. Hm. Not bad.