It didn't seem that Sora was nearly as distressed about being bitten as Brook had been, which was quite a relief. Hanatarou didn't think he'd be able to handle it if Sora decided to panic - he didn't really seem like the panic type, so if he did it would probably be really bad indeed. And the bite itself didn't seem all that bad, relatively speaking, which also made him feel a little better.

Thus reassured, Hanatarou picked up a fork and poked at the steak without any apparent interest, but as Sora continued speaking he suddenly froze in place. Hitsugaya? What about Hitsugaya? He'd been trying not to think about the captain ever since they'd spoken (or Hitsugaya had spoken and Hanatarou had tried to pretend he wasn't there) earlier in the day.

"Er...what, um, about him...?" he asked hesitantly, with a sidelong glance in Sora's direction.