"I understand the worry," Renji said. "Consderin' we got some prisoners attacking and almost killin' each other at night. And not 'cause Landel got to them either." He sounded grim; he was thinking about what had happened to Kairi, and the whole Rhode problem. "Hopefully me or taichou have a good enough rep, I guess." While he knew they could both rub people the wrong way - and neither of them really cared if they did - they certainly weren't thieves.

He lifted his head, blinking a few times. He wasn't dizzy any more, at least. Slowly, he pulled himself to his feet. The headache sucked, but he could ignore it for now. "So that'll be priority one then, I think," he said. "If there's a sword and a shield, let's figure out what we should be doing with 'em so we can talk it over with the guys that've got the shield."