Nnoitra laughed. It was a harsh sound, and scathing.

"So what if you're curious about the Ryoka?" He laughed. "He is a Ryoka, so the chances are he's more curious about where we come from than what he is. He knows what he is."

He rolled his eye. Nnoitra didn't have a great deal of time for crazy scientists. He'd dealt with far too many of them in his lifetime already.

"He's a scientist too," he went on, "so for all you know he's already done experiments away from the native nutcases."