"I would be happy for the company," Kukuha answers Zelphari and Arlo's request.
The rest of you make their way through the forest back to the beach where Masuhei is waiting at the rock pier to return them to Sakakabe. "I saw some bright lights over the island and wondered if it was your doing," the captain comments. He does a quick head count. "Did some of you... not make it?"
After reassuring him that nobody perished, he is eager to question you about your exploits and listens to your tales attentively. Night is beginning to fall, and the sunset glow casts the waves in orange light as the Auspicious Pearl arrives to port. The streets of Sakakabe are aglow with the lights of night life, and people dressed in all manner of Minkaian finery are enjoying a leisurely evening out.
"I promised you dinner and drinks, didn't I?" Sakakabe asks rhetorically with a smile. "Well, follow me!"
You receive a letter signed, surprisingly, by Venture-Captain Kukuha Mukai. It would appear that the tengu received a promotions.