You never thought you hear this, not from him. You were the 2nd strongest Hashira and here you were with Gyomei before the master as he told you his plan. You couldn’t believe it. He was going to sacrifice himself for the corps as a distraction!? You wanted to refuse but you knew there was no talking him out of it. He made up his mind and you felt helpless because of it

“My death shouldn’t be sad, you should use it as motivation to push you forward in your battle” he said before coughing out blood