Schuldig turned to Homura and grinned. "I wasn't ignoring you," he informed the god, going so far as to pat him on the shoulder. He'd never been good with religion; probably Farfarello's fault. "But Renji ducking his therapy during a fire alarm is no less temporary than his running away. And if it were a matter of trying to get to Muraki himself during the commotion..." He bit his bottom lip speculatively. "I'm not even sure that would work. For one thing, if this place has a sprinkler system, a fire alarm wouldn't even last very long; for another, I don't know how good our chances would be against him. Martin Landel actually had some sort of barrier around him; there's no way of knowing whether the other doctors in this place are extended the same sort of protection. Add to that he's probably still got his powers while we've all been weakened and the unknown quantity that would be the consequences to us assuming we succeeded, and I think we'd be better off with a more subtle plan."