She shrugged. "I'll survive. I don't think they're important toes, and besides, I've still got eight more!" Why not re-use Renji's joke, after all? Allen looked like he needed some cheering-up.

"Oh, you did?" she asked, eyebrows creeping up. "Is that why your arm is bandaged?" The orderlies didn't seem to be paying much attention to their conversation at the moment, for which Rukia was thankful.