As the Eldest Brother

Nobody knows how I feel inside

Nobody realizes I didn't want this for myself

Nobody knows how awful I felt telling him our secrets

Nobody knows that I want to take back everything I said

But nobody knows how glad that I too am a Rider, equal and better than my younger brother

No one knows the pleasure I relished when I took Zar'roc, my rightful possession back

No. I am the only one that knows the guilt and the pleasure that I endured at the same time

No one understands, but Thorn

Nobody knows how angry it makes me to think that my little brother never had to endure Galbatorix's terrible wrath.

Nobody knows how good it feels to be better than my little brother

Nobody knows how much I miss the companionship my little brother and I once shared

The adventures, the tragedies, the sparring, the unexpectedness

Nobody knows how badly I feel when I remember the things that happened to my little brother and me

The brother I never had, but did