[He laughed at that. Coming from a large family, he could sort of imagine that.]

Well, it's not exactly ‘blood’ or ‘metal’ relations. We swords are divided into different ‘schools’ which we also like to call families. Each school has a different technique and style of swordsmithing. Nakigitsune and I were crafted by different swordsmiths from the same school. His swordsmith was a senior of mine and he was crafted before me, so that makes him my uncle.

I do have younger brothers that were crafted by the same swordsmith.