Perhaps so. In any case, it is a relief to have my zanpakto again. [The separation had, in a way, felt almost like the loss of a limb, with a phantom presence tugging at Ukitake's soul where Sogyo no Kotowari would normally have been.]
In any case, we would be glad to join you. [He says with a smile and a gentle tap of his katana's hilt to indicate the source of "we" rather than "I".]