[ the patience ukitake wears only creates more internal dilemma for alois. it makes him want to scream and throw the closest object right at him and crumble all at once. he can't stand faces like that, but he doesn't.
instead, he forgets that he's supposed to be nobility. he forgets how to not feel like a child, and he forgets proper introductions, and the usual pretty flourish he's so good about having doesn't produce itself.