[Snickers.] If you mean he's the dumbest no matter what, then yeah, he's still the baby brother!

[His amusement fades a bit and he rests his chin on his palm, looking over at Ace.] Maybe you can say that because you've spent years together. He's still him, yeah. But to me, he's grown up a lot. He's not the little brother who needs protection anymore; he's the one who does the protecting now. I can tell, from how his nakama talks about him.