"Undeserving?" he looks genuinely confused, "How were any of you ever undeserving?"

They were - and are - his precious little brothers. Each one a joy; each one different. Any older brother who wouldn't give them everything doesn't understand the blessing he has been given.

"You -" so he knows of the fire. He has not been spared.

"I don't want you to." he loves him too much to see him pass from the world like that. And his feelings only increase at that outcry!

"Nana it is! No wonder they come running when you cook."