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[Rei, like so many others, looks mildly disorientated -- after all, she isn't within the Temple of Heaven, but is in a new house entirely. She's sitting on the floor, legs crossed, frowning to herself as she places the events of the week.

She was with Ulquiorra. And she and Hitsugaya -- but then Szayel --

The priestess presses a few fingers to her forehead with a tired sigh, muttering to herself in annoyance.

Until something hits her and she immediately launches for the PCD, not noticing the red light until she has already switched the filter.]

[Filtered to Hitsugaya & Szayel // Private // Unhackable]

Are you okay? Are you still at Kurotsuchi's?

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[A barely audible hitch of his breath is choked back with a "tch!"]

[... okay, yeah. Screw you. She's coming to find you. You tend to have favorite spots to sit and brood anyway. She's confident in her ability to find them out.

Not so confident in her ability to get there before he's any the wiser, but she has to try.]

Have you gone home yet?

[Sasuke's not there. Hinamori's not there. He has no reason to.

He is, in fact, in the wastes. On top of a rather large rock that could probably perch a dragon.]

I don't want to repeat myself, Hino.

[Well, that's good. It's good to know some things never change. With a good stroke of luck, she'll be there in ten or fifteen minutes, after some snooping around his usual 'brb blowing shit up' place.]

Then don't. You answered my question anyway.

[There aren't any storm clouds, so that's a good sign, at least.]

[It frustrates him when she says things like that, making it obvious that it's so easy for her to read him.

Nope, no storm clouds. He already vented with Sephiroth. Now he just wants to cool off and sort things out. How's he doing so far, Cloud?]

Hmph.

[Oh, she's eight shades of pissed off with the both of you children.]

Don't 'hmph' at me.

[And, with a click of her PCD, she's at the bottom of the rock, looking annoyed.]

Get down from there.

[Throughout the argument, he'll piece together how much of an idiot he's being and shut up.

When she arrives, he grimaces down at her. He's tempted, so tempted to ask her why the hell he should, but he bites his tongue. Remember? Better to not say anything. He shuts his eyes tightly for a second before hopping lightly down.]

[She eyes him for a moment, idly wondering of the threat of ofuda would get him to get off the rock, but luckily, the shinigami decides to move before she has to resort to such measures.

It also gives her the chance to see that no, Kurotsuchi did not use him for a lab rat. Excellent. Progress.

Rei sits on the ground, with her back to the rock, and gestures for Hitsugaya to sit next to her. She doesn't say anything, not quite yet. Better to gauge how frustrated and annoyed he is before she starts.]

[Having Unohana as a mother has its perks.

He takes his sweet time, but eventually he joins her against the rock, one knee up with his right arm resting on it. He stares straight ahead, focusing only on his hand where it hangs off of his knee, brows furrows, nose scrunched.

[Rei can be remarkably patient when she needs to be, so she says nothing, knowing full-well he would sit when he was perfectly ready to sit. When he does, she sighs to herself.]

I'm sorry for all the nasty things I said to you.

[She glances at him.]

I really didn't mean any of it.

[Rei pauses.]

-- during the event.

[An amendment; she fully meant what she said to him over the network before coming here. He was an idiot. He needed to shut his mouth. The end.]

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...

[He closes his eyes, still refusing to look at her.]

You're a woman of the highest caliber. Never let anyone tell you otherwise, including me.

[Good luck ever hearing that again, Rei.]

[... excuse her, she has to switch her language setting, because she obviously did not just hear that come out of Hitsugaya Toushirou's mouth. Any compliment at all was usually laced with some form of vague insult or huffed annoyance, so clearly, he must not be in his right mind.

So Rei waits, for the barest moment, for some sort of follow-up. You know. A 'stupid girl' or 'shouldn't you be doing something better with your time?' or 'why are you even here?', but when it doesn't arrive...]

[She grins a little to herself.]

I won't.

[And her arms are around your shoulders, Hitsugaya, because you're totally getting a hug for that one, whether you like it or not.]

Thanks for sticking up for me even though I didn't need it, stupid.

[Because she's not letting you go and shove her away because of a stupid event, so stop being stupid, stupid.]

[GAH! THE DREADED HUG OF DO- Oh wait, right. Hino isn't Matsumoto.

He stiffens at the contact, but as she leans in for the hug, he relaxes ever so slightly.]

...You're as mixed up as he is.

[For as much as Hitsugaya complains that Rei reads him too well, he has a knack for picking out precisely what's wrong on her end too. She pauses at the statement for a moment before sighing, withdrawing her arms to sit normally again, but remaining shoulder to shoulder.]

... that entire week hurt.

[A pause as she pulls her knees to her chest.]

... it just hurt.

[She doesn't know how else to describe it. How off it felt, but how normal it felt, at the same time.]

It was ridiculous, obnoxious, grotesque, violating, and a complete farce.

[And that's why it hurts.]

[A soft noise of agreement. Definitely violating.]

We aren't bad people, Toushirou.

[It's a little bit muffled -- her chin is resting on her knees and arms.]

I'm really tired of having to justify myself after ever event where I'm not -- in control. And he doesn't remember anything of who I am or what I've done --

I'm just tired.

[Hitsugaya could relate to an extent. When Ukitake-taichou had arrived in Adstringendum, he had come from a time frame before he'd ever met Hitsugaya. But Cloud was clearly another animal entirely, seeing as Ukitake-taichou had been so quick and eager to rebuild those bonds.]

...Does he recognize that events can tamper with free will?

[Check it out, Rei? Can you tell the difference between now and how he was acting before? The talk. It's working.]

[If you give Hitsugaya something to do, it means he's not thinking about whatever is bothering him. Besides, he likes being helpful and being useful -- may as well help her on what she needs to get done.]

He doesn't remember Adstringendum, so I don't... know. He used to.

And I'd hope he'd figure it out. He was affected too.

Then he can ask the animus to justify themselves.

Wow, Toushirou, I hadn't thought of that.

[Oh so very dryly.

But it isn't his fault that she's in a poor mood -- which is saying something, really -- so Rei sighs, stretching out her legs into the snow.

It all leads back to the same problem, really: The Inner City.]

I want to go back.

[He doesn't understand her response right away. He was being completely serious. If Cloud was asking her to justify herself for what the animus had done, then he could very well talk to the animus and see just what the fuss was all about. It wouldn't take much for anyone to understand what kind of beings they are, their sense of humor. It wouldn't take much for anyone to realize pointless fighting like that is what they thrive upon.

But that last sentence leads him to much more familiar ground.]

Ah. Before they fall back on another catastrophe like that.

Then let's do it.

[Simply. No hesitation.

She is tired of waiting for the other shoe to drop.]

When.

[Bah, Hitsu, details, that's your job, not hers. You're the captain. She just blows stuff up.

But she wrinkles her nose in thought anyway.]

As soon as possible. I don't want to wait for an event that's worse than this one. We're lucky no one died.

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