(He takes a drink while he waits for Shylock to answer. It's sweet as usual but again, not bad. He really does never disappoint...)

Hizen Tadahiro. I am a first-rate and well-known sword, but because of my former master, I've been branded a killer's sword.

(It sounds almost like he's reciting it, like he's had to explain himself before.)

My master was a genius swordsman even though he never had real training. We killed a bunch of guys together. They called him a "manslayer" 'cause he was one of the best assassins in the country. But one night he used me...

(It's here that his hand makes his way up to his neck and he tugs at his collar, pulling it up around his neck uncomfortably before he continues,)

And I broke.