They grow with age, sir, as much as I've read and learned through my encounters. I can't even begin to imagine how strong he was if he'd known your Grandfather and Hikaru.

[ Brigade stands to fetch some glasses but is surprised-not-surprised that An'yu has already made fitting cups of his own. It'd be fun to learn how to do that.

I guess, if you don't give up on someone, and treat them as a someone and not a something, you'd be surprised how different they can be. [ Brigade's thoughts flutter back to the HECATON in WWII. He was never a thing. He was as human as each one of them in their eyes. ]