He is my brother, but he only met our father a few times and I'm as close to one as he's ever known. Which is a damn good thing as far as I'm concerned. It's not so much that the relationship by itself is complicated as... [He has to pause for a moment to find the right words]

He didn't have a hostling either. Cal gave him up. Regardless of his intentions and whether they were good or not, being small and knowing that the one har who's supposed to love you gave you away...I can imagine that it must be hard. For all his strangeness and anger, I never once doubted that Cobweb loves me. I'm sure he loves Tyson too, but he isn't his hostling.

I think now that he's grown he understands, but...well. There are things I would do differently if I had to raise another brother.