Was he... blushing? Momo was finding it very hard to believe that one of those creatures had the capacity to create such a realistic... reaction. She lowered her sword some.

"Renji died, then you died and then Signum died. I would have preferred vanished, Shiro-chan," Momo replied bluntly. "Then I would have been able to hold onto the shallow hope that maybe they'd been returned to their proper place."

"As for my well being, I am broken. I am a liability to any organization I may be associated with and will only end up getting people hurt. I only bring death to those close to me. If you are truly Hitsugaya Toshirou, stay away from me. I am not the woman you know, and you are not the man I love."