By her movements and choices of words, Hikari had studied her for a few seconds before noting what she was possibly thinking. "Trust me there won't be any troubles regarding it. It'll be fine, I promise you that," Hikari reassured her before listening to her next statement, possibly trying to change the subject? "I've noticed your progress, it's good that you've been working to improve yourself and good that you're taking responsibility over Alucard," he said as he looked down at Alucard with a light smile before it dropped and he looked back at Haruka with a rather serious expression that turned to curious towards the end of his next statement, "But we can talk about those things when the time comes. Off-duty isn't that time....Though I am curious as to what it was like for you before deciding to join the Gotei thirteen, it doesn't seem like you've had prior training in combat before the academy but you're awfully skilled..."