Szayel flapped a hand as if batting the reply away. "Captain Freakshow doesn't count; he's very single minded."

Still, it was an interesting fact to have learned, and it seemed to have caught Hojo's attention.

Szayel still couldn't get over the fact that Professor Hojo had just made himself coffee in the kitchen. He'd lit up a cigarette while here, too; Nel wasn't going to approve of that when she got back.

"You could have got cushier arrangements," he said, smiling, faintly. Szayel would have certainly milked it for all he could get, in Nnoitra's position.

Then he sighed. "At least now I know who got the laboratories." He turned to look at Nnoitra again, and cast him a flirty glance. "If you feel like offing this one, let Aizen know first so that he can have the request ready to put in as soon as it's done, will you?"