[Perhaps he's been here too long, to become just a little desensitized to the fact that when Heroes of Light die there is little point becoming distressed over it. Normal soldiers and civilians though...he did have a problem with that which is why he'd been able to be persuaded to come and fight the Reaper with them.

As such, only a slight pull to the one side of his face denotes any reaction to Rukia's question.]

I was displeased with how unprepared we were going in. I can't accept that there wasn't anything that could have been done about that fact.

[A beat of silence as he thinks he might have cottoned on to why Rukia were frowning.]

It's uncomfortable to come to terms with the fact that Heroes of Light are expendable in battle. But it makes that fact no less truthful.