"It was in the upstairs hallway, guarding the rooms that they use for torturing people at night." Under the table, he reached over to find Kairi's hand for a moment, giving it a gentle, friendly squeeze. He thought it might be bad to talk about that in front of her, painful perhaps, but he also had to be frank about things. It was his nature. "Rukia... my partner, was able to hold it for a short time with a bakudou... uh... binding... uh... spell." He had to pause awkwardly as he thought of the more common words people seemed to use for their spiritual abilities. He didn't know why that had to make things so difficult. "It escaped before I could reach it to attack."

He went back to eating. He wasn't going to let a grim discussion ruin a decent meal. "They sound like Hollows," he said. "Except Hollows kill people when they eat their souls. Those are the things that it's our job to redeem. So If we ever get our zanpakuto back we'll have to search it out and take care of it." He snorted. "It was kinda depressing to be around."