[He didn't get an answer to his question and now he's even more curious.]

Yeah, we were. So if you know that, then you should know askin' me who my master was is a pretty complicated answer.

[Does he name off all the famous people who owned him? The samurai who received him for battles, but later sold him off? The nameless fighters or the decorated war heroes? The teachers or the collectors? The museums or the kilns?]

Besides, you still haven't told me who you are.