Anthony stared at the twin brothers, his gaze calm yet filled with a quiet sense of familiarity, as he had witnessed this exact scene play out countless times five years ago, the memory as clear as though it had happened only yesterday.
'It seems some things never truly change,' he mused to himself, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his lips. 'Bringer is still as dumb as a rock, and Rider is still the smart one,' he thought inwardly, observing them with an almost nostalgic amusement.
Of course, he didn't mean it as an insult to Bringer in any serious sense; this was simply how male friends referred to and played around with one another sometimes, a form of unspoken understanding and casual banter that required no explanation between them.
