For the rest of the day, the Hunter's thirty Palicoes stayed on the Arluq and the Ace Palico accompanied him as he fished, cleaned out his Item Box, and sold what he no longer needed. All in all, it just took a couple hours to drop off all the monster parts with The Man, as there were quite a lot of them. Once night fell, the Capital C gathered around for a wonderful dinner made by the Street Cook, and when they were finished, they began sharing stories about the good times they had together. Eventually, the topic turned to the Hunter departing soon.
"We'll miss you, kid. Everything that's happened has happened because of you. My business, the Street Cook's, The Man's... It's all because of you. I don't think I've said this before, but thank you." The Wycoon wiped a tear from his eye as he spoke, using his large key staff to point to the Cook and The Man, who were also wiping tears away. The Hunter looked around and saw that everyone else was crying as well.
"Guys... I won't be gone forever. It's not like I'm going to die as soon as I step on the rail box."
"True, but who would want to come back from paradise?"
"Someone had to have come back, or else the rumors about the rail box would be far darker. I'll come back and visit, I promise."
"I've never known you to break a promise, Doodle. Just come back in one piece, okay?"
"I promise, Guildmarm. Any monsters I see, I'll try and draw for you, okay?" She sniffled and wiped off some tears, giving a smile to the Hunter. After many more assurances for everyone else, eventually everyone went to sleep.