"We could drag it out," Ienzo suggested, giving a shrug. "We all enjoy listening to people whine at length about something they're going to have to put up with for probably months on a remote, unexplored continent."

The idea of Szayel acting like he was during training for the entire duration of the Pulse trip made him wonder if Aizen knew that Szayel would be unlikely to survive the trip and decided to give him the opportunity to be murdered, abandoned or left to be eaten.

"Are any of them predatory? I'm sure you could look tempting if you tried."