[ The pain in his Sensei's eyes is immeasurable. ]

Only if you believe Brother Kaien would have wanted me to keep it, sir. Brother Hikaru also asked me to speak with you about it. It would feel wrong to keep his pipe without first getting his blessing. [ Brigade thinks of his shield and how he only really took it when the babbling old Eisenstein shoved it into his hands and vigorously insisted he bear it as his own ]

Is there anything I can do to help? I'll run to the appraisers and stay with it till they fix it, sir.