"Car."

" A device with an automative engine used to carry you humans from place to place. Personally I view it as humans being too lazy to-"

"You're getting off track. Plant."

" A living organism, usually completely dependent on sunlight, water, and roots connecting it to the earth. Its existence is almost as pitiful as you huma-"

" I don't want your personal opinion."

Ulquiorra sniffed. His opinion probably had more worth than the actual definitions. It wasn't as though a human could be intelligent enough to come up with something nearly as plausible. It almost made him want to laugh.

He looked across at the woman sitting across from him. She made another check on the piece of paper she held with her pen, absentmindedly tucking a strand of hair behind her ear with her other hand.

Aizen had ordered that Ulquiorra guard Orihime more, believing that she was becoming unstable alone in her cell. After hours of silence, the girl had insisted that she quiz him on earthly vocab words, claiming that he ought to get to know the place he was about to destroy.

"This is pointless.," he pointed out.

"I don't care. Family."

Ulquiorra blinked, and then bowed his head, a shadow of a grimace appearing on his face.

" Out of all your foolish human words, this one has the least meaning."

Orihime scowled. "Quit insulting humans! Do you really think the Espadas are superior in any way to us?"

" I am not saying that. I am saying that word has no meaning to me"

Orihime looked unsettled for a moment. "What do you mean?"

"Anything reflected in my eyes is meaningless. Anything not reflected in my eyes does not exist."

Some of the fire returned in her eyes. " What do you mean?" she yelled.

Ulquiorra looked at her, his face utterly drained of any emotion. " If a the word 'family' had any purpose, than my eyes would have seen one already."

Orihime stared back at him. " Go to earth then; you'll see one!" she insisted.

"Well it does not concern me anyway, so there is no reason for me to seek one out."

"Well what about your family?"

The room dropped into a deathly silence. Orihime looked at Ulquiorra expectantly, but he averted his gaze.

" I was born alone." he stated simply. " Most of us Araccnars were."

Orihime's mouth formed a small "o". He glanced at her.

"What about your family?"

Orihime looked startled for a moment, and then her lips pulled tight.

"My parents... aren't... around anymore."

His eyes showed some impatience. " What abut siblings? Sisters? Brothers?"

Orihime's eyes stung, and she placed her face in her hands.

" He- he's he..-"

"Dead? I'm assuming thats what you meant about your parents too." Ulquiorra's voice sounded less flat than usual.

Orihime nodded, slowly raising her head out of her hands.

Ulquiorra looked blank once more. " I apologize."

Orihime's eyes widened. "O-oh, no, it's okay! I'm sorry for you, I mean gosh, you never had a family in the first place!"

Ulquiorra stood up, walking towards the door. Suddenly she was standing in front of him. Ulquiorra was confused as to how she got there.

"I'm sorry anyway." she whispered. She smiled at him. " You act so quiet around the other Espada. Maybe if you made some friends you'd feel less lonely. "

He raised an eyebrow, maneuvering around her into the endless hall. As the door slid shut Orihime could swear that she heard him say one last thing.

" I need no one."