"Dunno what it is, other'n big," Renji said. He squinted up the slope, trying to shield his eyes with one hand. "Big as the thing we double teamed a few nights ago."

Which would have been fine, only he couldn't release his bankai, and there were a couple squishy humans to think about too.

"Okay, new plan. You get the lady out of here. I'll keep this thing busy and stab the shit out of it while you do the boring part." Renji grinned at Daemon, but there was a certain amount of grimness in his expression. Now was not the time for arguing, not with another roar sounding over the wind, closer.

"Just make it quick, cause you're gonna have to come back and get me before my dik freezes off. Or else life won't be worth livin'."

He gave Daemon one more grin, feral and determined, then charged up the hill in a spray of snow.