[It takes Ichigo a good few seconds to calm down. He stares furiously at Hermann, trying to find something, anything, that doesn't fit -- something that might betray a lie.

He doesn't find it. The story is crazy, but nothing Ichigo's seen so far contradicts it. Ichigo knows better than most that crazy stories aren't always untrue, but he also doesn't like to swallow them without question. He takes a deep breath, then blows it out.]

Okay. Say it is all true. If that's the case, what do you mean it wasn't on purpose? Isn't it awfully convenient that an artifact they didn't fully understand accidentally brought them exactly what they needed to bring their dead back to life?