"Indeed." Discomfitted by what he had heard, Ukitake fell silent for a long moment. He sipped at his tea as he thought over Tessa's description of the perils of this strange place. That the Collector exercised a great deal of power had gone without saying. Ukitake was justifiably uncomfortable with a being capable of capturing and restraining a captain-level shinigami. How much further could that power extend? Too far, apparently, if some of the prisoners were nearly as strong as their keeper.
"What of yourself? Please excuse me if I'm being too forward, but you seem unhappy about far more than being trapped here."