Hayate's grin widened. "Didn't I mention I'm a ninja? This is my job, y'know. Unknown situations and all. Caution's no fun at all."
Of course, he had ended up dead. Better not to think about that. He'd been sick!
"Hey!" he yelled to the crew at large. "I think we're close enough. How 'bout a rowboat?" There wasn't, he'd been told, a cove to put in at.
He hadn't decided yet how they were going to get back. He doubted the pirates would wait for them, no matter what they said. If he had to, he could always carry them back. Hells of a long walk over water, but it was possible.