"It's generally considered in the interest of those in power that those not in power remain unable to overthrow them. Like, it's illegal for most people to have weapons, even to hunt. Also I think part of the logic is that you don't need to know how to read to farm or fight."

"...of course. Ugh."

"Yeah most of the people in charge are kinda terrible."

"We'll do better," she promises.

He smiles widely. "I can't wait to see the world we build." He hums. "Though we'll have to think details through more once we're closer to a way back - maybe we can recruit some people from this realm, for one thing, to help us get started."

"Yeah, and I'll probably need a way more detailed map of your world's politics, and to know more of your magic and whatever magic this realm has. And we can't very well found a country out of nowhere so we'll need to think how exactly to go about getting people."

"The university the Captain mentioned might be a good place to start, or there's probably other similar places. They might also pay me to teach jutsu. Sarati will probably trade more stories of our worlds for detail on this one, too." He frowns. "She knows some of this world's magic, and seems fairly trustworthy. I wonder if we can trade her, magic for magic?"

"If she has magic to offer, I don't see why not."

"Yeah, we can at least offer."

And she kisses him. Again. Because he's just that great.

Kisses!

(And - is Dayo still in her underwear, because that's certainly. A data point. In certain considerations.)

Yep.

Ahhhh Tetsuma still needs to think but wow is that a data point.

He can totally do kisses while blushing though. It's probably fairly obvious what the blushing's about, too, given where his eyes keep flickering.

Does she care? Nope. She does not. There is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary here. Just some kisses, yep.

Definitely kisses!

Eventually he reluctantly pulls back. "It's getting kinda late. I think." It's hard to keep track of time what with the apparently eternal night here, but he's starting to get sleepy.

"—right, yes, we should go back then."

"Yeah. Though it'll be nice sleeping in a proper bed for a night rather than just the cabin."

"Do we have that option? That'd be a good option to take."

"I think the Captain pointed out an inn where she's staying?"

"Ooh okay good idea!"

The inn is at the edge of the village nearest the dock. The sign has no words, just a picture of a jellyfish holding a tankard, painted in a gently glowing purple and blue and green and gold, the same shades as the various animals and plants from the lakes. It's a cheery place, whitewashed and then painted with swirls of phosphorescence in the same colors, like many of the buildings. The windows aren't glass, but some sort of thin, translucent membrane. 

The proprietor is a tall, gruff woman with green hair and golden-green eyes with a slit pupil. The crowd is a mixture of probably-human and her apparent species, mostly locals, with a few clear strangers, likely other travelers - an individual of indistinct gender with scaled skin and a crest of horns instead of hair, a group of one-foot-tall winged humanoids colored purple and blue and pale cream, a few probably-humans in odd garb sitting off by themselves, and a talking cat loudly trouncing her table (which includes a laughing Sarati) at cards. 

A room and dinner and breakfast for two comes out to a fairly reasonable price, with some haggling.

She can haggle! Or Tetsuma can if he feels he has more experience at it.

Yeah Tetsuma will let Dayo handle the haggling.

Haggling! Room!

It's a nice room, about three times the size of the one on the ship, with two very comfortable beds, a desk, and a shared bathroom.

Tetsuma faceplants on one of the beds, because it's been forever since he slept on anything better than a cot and wow this is a comfy bed, then reluctantly says, "Dinner is probably also a thing."