When Erisia came back inside, her sketchbook was carefully closed. She was oblivious to the fact that anyone had observed her sketching. She had started drawing a very long time ago. From a child's doodling onward to the more accomplished artistic skills of a woman who had grown up loving art and keeping at it. Where most children often stopped drawing, she never had. She could easily have gone to school for her art, but she chose to keep art as her hobby. She put her sketchbook and charcoals away in her room and went and got cleaned up. After wards she settled to try and get some sleep.

Her sleep was not disturbed by the shadow panther however that was not to say that her sleep was dreamless. It was filled with shifting images and some of them kept repeating. One aspect of her dreams had been filled with cherry blossoms and then a strange symbol that she did not recognize. The other images flickered by like an old film reel but those two things stood out - likely because they were the two images that seemed to be repeating. Figuring anything out would have to wait until morning.

Time moved strangely in Soul Society. The time that passed in the real world and the time as it moved in Soul Society were not always the same. Byakuya had only been able to speak briefly with the Captain Commander upon his arrival. They had however managed to agree on a meeting time for the following day. Once he left the first squad's barracks, he decided that it would be best to make his way to the 6th squad to see just how his Lieutenant had been faring in his absence.

Renji was bent diligently over his work but he was far from quiet. The window was open which allowed Byakuya to observe for a moment before entering the office. Every so often Renji would mutter a curse before continuing. The words were barely intelligible... and had he not known his Lieutenant for so long he might not have understood what those sounds really meant.

While Byakuya was a quiet individual, it seemed that Renji was always much more lively by comparison. He opened the door to the office which caused Renji to pause in his writing - the brush poised over the paper. Anyone else would have knocked... which meant that the person who had just come in unannounced was none other than his Captain.

He looks over towards the door. "You're back, Captain."

Byakuya gave a barely perceptible nod. "For now at least."

"You'll be going back then?" Renji inquires.

"After speaking with the Captain Commander I will return to the real world to inform Uruhara-san and the young woman who appears to be the source of the anomaly of the decision the Captain Commander makes in regards to the matter." Byakuya explains.

Renji looked a bit surprised by that information. Such a lively individual. So much freer to outwardly express things. Renji was not always an open book to all whom dared to look at the man, but he was not nearly so restricted and restrained. He was always interesting to watch even if there were times when the man's disregard for protocol at times made Byakuya want to find a way to force his Lieutenant into a more noble mindset.

"So, the anomaly is a girl then?" Renji asks.

"It seems so. Enough talk Lieutenant Abarai, let us see if we can get the majority of this paperwork finished." Byakuya says in that familiar tone of authority. Renji mutters and settles back into his work. With Byakuya there, the work went faster and of course Renji did not leave when he had been leaving in his Captain's absence. He actually stayed until Byakuya dismissed him.

"That is enough for today." He says simply. "Good job in my absence, Lieutenant. Go home and get some rest... Tomorrow we finish the rest of this. I will rejoin you in the office after my meeting with the Captain Commander." Byakuya says as he finishes the last little bit of his work and cleans up his area before rising. Renji practically bolted up from his seat. Though Byakuya would never outwardly show it, there were times when his Lieutenant's actions and reactions to things honestly amused him.

"Thank you Captain." Comes the hurried polite reply as Renji makes for the door quickly just in case his Captain might try to change his mind.

To say that Byakuya Kuchiki was glad to be home was perhaps an understatement. While he did not outwardly seem it, he was quite relieved to be passing back into the familiar halls of his own home. While he and Uruhara had an understanding and the man did not make it unbearable for him when he did have to stay there for the rare mission he was given in the real world... It was a much more casual atmosphere than what Byakuya preferred. Then, there was the matter of the scientist himself... and the fact that Yoruichi Shihoin seemed to be there far too frequently.

He had missed his own home, his things, and most importantly his own bed. The futon at Uruhara's was far from comfortable in comparison. The servants made tea and a small dinner at his request. He ate and then retreated to his personal bath. He lingered in the water for a bit longer than he would normally. There were still so many questions left unanswered...

Tiredness pulled nearly at his very soul and finally he slipped from the bath and donned his sleep attire and laid down in that most comfortable bed... Erisia was not the only dreamer. Though he did not normally dream or at least did not normally recall them being vivid enough to warrant remembering, recently his dreams had become much stronger... or was it insistent?

Images of the symbol that graced her back began to repeat once again in his dreams when sleep finally claimed him. That symbol along with shadows seemed to dominate the landscape of his dreams. Other seemingly random things interjected themselves here and there at odd intervals. Did these mean something? The original repetitive dreams had been some sort of portent to meeting the young woman... Were these going to foretell something else? Yet more questions to be added to the list waiting still to be answered.