He went to the river bed, to a secluded spot near the shore, which was a favorite site of both the brothers, and wept. Tears wailed down profusely in anger and sorrow; sorrow for his elder brother who had left him behind, anger at his own situation, weighed down with the responsibilities that were meant to be his brother's. Dev was pampered as the younger son of the house, and Akash had always fulfilled his demands without question or demur.