it was a joy to be amazed by my brother. I could tell that, like me, he too was desperate to master something, and I was suddenly certain he would exceed me in life, in all endeavors; that since we were little he had been waiting to demonstrate such prowess, and now that he was doing something so unimaginable and impossible to me—to all of us—I was thrilled for him and wished only my parents were here to see it as well.
