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[Filtered to Isane-san//Voice, because he started pacing and couldn't type anymore]
Sorry to bother you but...can I ask...has Twelfth sent any word regarding the virus or where it might have come from? Two people have died from it now, and...I don't want to think about addin' anybody else to the list, you know?
D-do you-- You don't think that...I-- Is it contagious, or do you think it's something else? Muguruma was with me shortly before he fell ill...and Mashiro got sick shortly after that. Could it have been...me? Did I start this? Do you think I brought this back with me from Hueco Mundo? I just...I need to know. This is wearin' me out. If I'm to blame, I wanna fix this--I wanna fix it anyway, but the not knowing is just... I was attacked by Szayel Aporro Grantz while I was in Hueco Mundo, and, well, you saw the shape I was in when Ichigo dragged my carcass back here. If they planted somethin' in me to infect the rest'a Seireitei...
[*a shuffling noise, then a shuddering sigh*]
Just...tell me whatever you know. I gotta know.
[Filtered to Kuchiki-taichou//also voice, still pacing]
Sir, forgive me if this is an impertinent question but...y'ain't sick, are ya? After what happened with your granddad...erm... [*cough*] Anyway, ah...take care, yah? It seems this virus is playin' for keeps after all.
[Filtered to Rikichi//voice]
Hey, kiddo, how ya doin'? Sorry I ain't been by to see you this week. Been a bit busy; no hard feelings, right? I'll try and bring ya a comic book or somethin' next time I can spare fifteen minutes, kay?