"..."

That was the only answer she was going to get, wasn't it? Rukia gave him a flat half-lidded stare for a long moment, to see if he had anything else to say about it, but clearly that was that. She exhaled and put her chin back into her hands. How did she wind up falling in love with a man like him in that future? Maybe the sage really was pulling everyone's leg.

"You're impossible sometimes," she sighed heavily.