It didn't look like he was going to be able to get through to Lawrence so easily, and Chuck wondered if getting into an argument like this was really going to do his brother much good when he was in such a state. But it wasn't like he could just back down, either -- he had to try and get through to him somehow.

"... Maybe some people said that, but I think if you were more like me, that would just be boring." He shrugged, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. But really, why would he want his brother to be a carbon copy of him? That wouldn't be interesting at all. Lawrence had always made his own path, and it was one of the things Chuck admired about him.

"I never knew that extent of that pain until now, Lawrence," he insisted. "You always bottled it up."