The impact of the next spell was what did it, shook the scythe's control just a little bit. One of the beams of light had impacted Frau's right forearm directly as it pinned it to his body. Frau had always used that impact to make the scythe behave. When he was this far gone that never happened simply because he wasn't there enough to consider doing it. Hitsugaya had handled that for him.

For just an instant there was a flicker in Frau's eyes. It wasn't the dark eagerness to consume a soul. Instead, it was the light usually there in Frau. Humor and teasing amusement hiding away the deep pain and sadness he never allowed to be seen. This time the humor wasn't there though. Instead his eyes were touched by shock and fear. He'd slipped up. Badly.

No.