And hearing it in that tone wasn't easy, but it wasn't anything exactly unfamiliar, and it tempted Shunsui to just go and show her now, but it seemed like it would be such a waste, considering he doubted she would even be able to apprectiate it right now.
Or he'd wind up tripping again, and making things worse.
"I'll be sure to alert the squirrels right away," he said mildly, with a faint smile to match. "I'm sure they'll be eager to get their paws on such breaking news..."
But...it also wasn't easy to look at her and see her so exhausted and dejected and knowing that he probably wasn't doing much to help, though he tried, and though he felt that anyone who knew him even a little bit should know better than to rely on him for anything, and yet...
He considered a few choices, for a moment.
"I think," he ventured, "I've been going about this all wrong, Octavia-chan. Reiatsu is far too interesting. What I should be telling you about are things like the Central 46 and the Gotei 13 and all the other terribly boring adminitrative and technical stuff that makes the Soul Society run, so you'll have no choice but to slip into a reluctant slumber just to escape the sheer tedium. That always works wonders for me, anyway, especially once we bring in words like adminstrative meeting or accodring to Edict Blah-Blah-Blah..."
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Or he'd wind up tripping again, and making things worse.
"I'll be sure to alert the squirrels right away," he said mildly, with a faint smile to match. "I'm sure they'll be eager to get their paws on such breaking news..."
But...it also wasn't easy to look at her and see her so exhausted and dejected and knowing that he probably wasn't doing much to help, though he tried, and though he felt that anyone who knew him even a little bit should know better than to rely on him for anything, and yet...
He considered a few choices, for a moment.
"I think," he ventured, "I've been going about this all wrong, Octavia-chan. Reiatsu is far too interesting. What I should be telling you about are things like the Central 46 and the Gotei 13 and all the other terribly boring adminitrative and technical stuff that makes the Soul Society run, so you'll have no choice but to slip into a reluctant slumber just to escape the sheer tedium. That always works wonders for me, anyway, especially once we bring in words like adminstrative meeting or accodring to Edict Blah-Blah-Blah..."