Renji couldn't help but laugh at that comment, since he knew exactly why Tolten had said it, thanks to the incredibly awkward bulletin board conversation they'd had. "Yeah, well, that does help. Though I'll be shocked if you can just stick inside for the rest of the time. If nothing else, some of the best short cuts go through the outside and over the walls." And Renji hoped he didn't have to point out to Tolten that climbing a wall was about the last time you wanted a giant virgin-eating bird to be coming after you.

"Yeah, it's easy. You go through the... refridgerator, I think it is, in the kitchen. There's like a hidden trap-door kind of entrance there. I've been in the basement a few times myself. There's an armory down there, but don't get too excited about it. The sword I got out of it was fucking worthless. Decorative blade, had no edge, that stuff. It was a piece for some sort of puzzle, we figured."