it's a long speech on avoiding attachments. Ivan was always hypocritical like that, as if he wasn't ready to die for Till. You listen, because of course you do. He's your brother, older by just a few months, but he's technically the 'class' above. So he'll be gone.

He sighs suddenly, looking down at his hands. His tall frame casts a shadow over the grass you sit on. And he asks, "You'll be fine when I'm gone, right?"