"From your presence I have suffered notable absence. Explain."

Indignant apathy lays readily 'pon a narrow visage, merely a brow perking from formal expression into one of sheer annoyance. There lingers no right by him to hold hostility towards the taller -- by all rights, an explanation had been owed yet none could find his lips. None worthy at the very least. He settles for a hushed groan, rumbling in the back of his throat whilst longer lashes flutter down across steeled eyes. To look away meant defeat, yet 'tis a burden he wishes naught to bear. How insufferable his brother had become. 

Softer sigh and notable grievance doth invoke from a pallor so pale the very moon might beseech jealousy from him. There awaits a pause, only by respect that he provides unto the older until answer is given forth in same, rather boorish, monosyllabic note.