Renji snorted. "Yeah, it's always a small world, here." He considered for a moment, but decided why the hell not, Tolten had seemed curious, and Renji had just said he didn't really want to get into it quite like that. "So yeah. Like I said on the bulletin board, I'm a shinigami. A death god. But that's not some kind of fancy title for a warrior. That's literally what I am. I was human at some point, I died, and now I'm immortal and if I was back home I'd be making sure souls go to all the right places."

He laughed. "So that's really a fancy way of saying that if you get hurt real bad, I can do a little healing with my spirit. And it's my job to protect the living. I still take that seriously here."