[A pause, he's putting some real thought into this. Hmmm...]

But...I guess you just think the same thing of him that you always have. I'm not sure what exactly that is, but obviously it can't have been too negative. Otherwise you never would have been his friend in the first place, right? He's your friend, he's your brother, he's got his good points, and he's got his bad points. It's just who he is.