You say that as if most boys are not that way at that age.

[Regis reaches forward with his free hand, tapping gently at Cor's check to get him to look back toward him.]

And you, unlike most of us at that age, had a lot more to be proud of. You just hadn't come across the person who would beat it out of you yet. You probably don't remember what Clarus was like before he got knocked down a few pegs.