"Mmmm," he nodded again. Wherever the Shinigami and those girls from their world were from, it wasn't Kurogane's own world so far as he knew. Rukia hadn't recognized what a Priestess was, and there were a few of those around.

Still, Japan was Japan even if it was different. That witch had said as much (though he was still having problems with "tivii" and "polii"). It made things easier.