After greeting the family as a whole, and expressing his willingness to help them unseal their daughter, Hiei took to examining Aiko's new marks and congratulating her on completing a couple of trials. "Hai, arigatou gozaimasu~ I did do them because Onii-sama asked me too, but it wasn't too hard," she said. The girl had intended to point out that the man should probably get on to completing a couple himself as he was well past older than her and didn't have any of his own marks. But she supposed she could save that for another time as Youko was moving up and past the other man to do something quite unexpected.
Youko went on to give a very sappy speech which he apologized for in advance. He mentioned things like the role this young woman had played throughout the lives of this family and making it clear that he'd noticed all she'd done and appreciated it beyond what even the words conveyed. The young woman's eyes widened just a bit, because, she didn't really expect all this. She didn't think this was at all about her, and it was quite normal for her to do the things she did, simply because it would help everyone else out in the long run. She didn't mind playing a supporting role in their lives and it actually gave her quite a bit to do in her life which would otherwise be missing. When the man took a knee at the end of his speech and held out a new weapon for the girl, which would simultaneously serve as her perfect trophy and the bit of him which he'd impart to her she seemed to be really happy. "Sugei!~ I... don't really know what to say, Onii-sama," she said as she reached out for the sword. It was by far the most amazing thing she'd ever seen and as she took it a single tear escaped her eye, which was something which hadn't happened in a very long time, and was a bit shocking to her. She found herself surprised by the sensation, which had once been rather common and now felt completely foreign.