Artemis nodded. "You're right. And I know you're right but it's still... strange to feel as though someone you're seeing right before you is still dead. Even if he seemed a bit jumpy around you."

It was strange. Artemis had never encountered the death of someone close to him until Renji and Hitsugaya. Even when his father was declared dead, he refused to believe it. Perhaps that was supposed to be a stage of grief, but Artemis had never shed a tear for the death of his father--because he'd known Artemis Senior had been alive. There was no other option.

"It's been over a week. I shouldn't still be feeling this way. I only knew them for two weeks..."