He shook his head and grasped his brother's shoulder again, firmly. "That's bad form, brother, and you are better than that. So much better than that. Tell me everything, and tell me what happened after. We'll work through everything we have to."

"Even the best ship takes on water now and again. But the best captain, and the best brothers, learn how to plug the holes, and bail out their younger brothers," he said with a bit of a grin.

He wasn't making light of his brother's issues to belittle him, or to make it seem like he did not take them seriously... but to show him that nothing he could say would ever stop him from being his little brother. He counted on his brother to realize that.