That’s on Brian for not getting rid of it, although it shows how polite he was in keeping a birthday gift despite its outward appearance.

Mr. Pip sounded sort of nice though! If he was playing games with you and everything… maybe he just didn’t want to scare you away because the tv show added filters and whatnot to make him look better. He did choose you, after all. I don’t want to make any wrong assumptions, but if you were scared when you saw his face then maybe he was right to hide it from you. Just a thought, I’m often a devil’s advocate. I hope everything works out for you and your family though!