"Ah, I see! That's all that it takes. A willingness and an eagerness to learn!" Robin said, with a knowing smile and a proud nod. She was, perhaps, a little too sure of the importance of learning -- and how well people took to reading. But, in Rukia's case, she doubted that she had anything to worry about.

"Once a week sounds fantastic," she said. "I can fit that into my duties in the military easily." She already came to the library more than once a week, after all.