Renji was very quiet for a man of his size, thanks to the fact that he wasn't wearing shoes - and knew how to run, fast and silent, because it was a skill he'd needed to learn to survive.

He noted there were people in the area, but none of them seemed hostile to him particularly, and that was all that mattered. Maybe another day he would have stopped for a quick chat, but he had too much to do.

He ran past them all and out the exit.