“They get bored when you’re not around, sometimes.” He shrugs. Seems the little ones are the same no matter where they are, but Sengo doesn’t mind. In any case, he hasn’t once tried to rile Ichigo up since they started this mission—at least not on purpose. And he certainly won’t try to do so now.

So he does rise to his feet like a good boy, making a mental note to himself to find out some other way of entertaining the troops once they get back into the Citadel. For now, he has to attend to the responsible one…

“Anyway, after you, Ichigo-dono. They’re more likely to listen to you, anyway.”