He has his reasons. I'd like to think things have gotten better now that we're in Luceti, but we really only ever spoke once or twice before... there isn't very much to compare to the way things are now.

[...you know, he hadn't really thought to ask, but is he talking to a replica or an original? They could be brothers in the same sense Luke and Asch are like brothers, after all. But that's not the kind of thing to just ask out-right, so perhaps he should just stick to the family analogy here.]

...if you don't mind my asking, which of you is the "older" brother?