"Do you remember anything from your childhood? Before you came to an orphanage?" Jack asked his brother. It was better to know if Paul had any memory base, but the younger man just shook his head.
"Only you. You told me not to be afraid and to really feel safe, but I don't know what to be afraid of, why did you protect me?"
"Our parents got married very young," Lambert began to explain. "Neither of them were ready to marry, so they weren't getting along well. They quarreled a lot ... I didn't want you to hear them scream and see how they were acting. You were still very small and I, I got used to it."
"Really?" Doubtingly asked Paul. "Can you get used to something like this?"
"You can," announced Jack. "If you have no other choice, you can get used to everything."
It was only after saying these words that Lambert realized what they might have sounded like. He smiled broadly, cheerfully (if a bit awkwardly) and reassured.
