It is quite a bit of a personal matter, especially for some stranger who doesn't know him from Adam, and he isn't exactly keen to get too deep into his family issues. Not only are they fresh and painful wounds for him, they'd also be incredibly difficult to explain without sounding like he's insane.

But he can explain why he needs to get so badly to New York, at least in a superficial way.

"My brother. He should be there."