I'm not sure. [His eyes lower.] When we were presented to our master by our smiths... I was three shaku long, but elder brother was only two shaku and seven suns.

Elder brother's smith was imprisoned; our master thought he had stolen some of the iron. The smith prayed for the gods to show his honor. Elder brother unsheathed and... cut the extra length away from me so we were equal.

It's okay. I accept the god's punishment for being forged wrong.