Blinking, Rukia asked, "Er, does that mean you were conscious, or weren't conscious?" The double-negative confused her. Glancing at the orderlies, she whispered, "What happened, exactly?"

She watched Allen's demonstration intently. "Ooooh, I see. I don't think people even eat that in modern-day Japan." Piking up the corn cob like Allen had shown her, Rukia took a bite. It was delicious, but the corn kept getting stuck in her teeth.