✩ 029.5
[Private to Ukitake-soutaichou via Hellmoth]
So I might'a done somethin' stupid. I saw you talked to Nel on the network--she's spooked by Shinigami, but she's not safe in Hueco Mundo. The Espada hate her, and she's liable to get eaten by Hollows in the desert. She...used unfair persuasive methods--
(Okay she cried.)
--and so I said I'd go pick her up and ah...bring her here.
Look, before anybody gets upset, she risked her neck for Ichigo and Inoue, and Ishida and I might well owe our lives to a couple'a her companions. She's good people, even if she's...like five years old, and while she might not quite fit in here, she sure as hell don't belong in Hueco Mundo. I'll take responsibility for her while she's here if I gotta. Hell, I ain't got enough on my plate already, what with a delusional lieutenant who's lyin' to me and all... Nobody's even gotta know she's an Arrancar. We could...I dunno. Get her a hat or somethin' to cover up her mask.
It was irresponsible and a little hasty, I'll admit to that much. I shoulda conferred with you before extending her an offer like that. Let my heart run off with my head, I guess. But...way I see it, we can use all the allies we can get, and she's got extensive knowledge of not only Hueco Mundo's deserts, but of Las Noches and all of the Espada as well. She may turn out to be a more useful ally than anybody's givin' her credit for. Plus her drool apparently heals people. Yeah, I don't get it either.
I apologize for not speaking with you about this first. I'll await your decision.