"Mm." Hojo smirked a bit, crossing his arms and leaning on the nearest wall. "Dr. Aleksandr Hojo." It occurred to the scientist that Xigbar still hadn't asked for his name -- introduced himself, yes, but not the other way around. It didn't bother him; honestly he hadn't even realized until just then, but it was an odd piece of trivia. Perhaps it would come into play later.

"Those are interesting tattoos, Abarai Renji. I assume there must be a story behind them." What was to be seen then was whether the redhead would take the prompt or wait to be asked specifically what the story was. Of course, there was also the possibility of him becoming offended, but that seemed rather unlikely. If he was the sort of person to take offense to inquiries about himself he probably would not have marked himself so blatantly.