Hida Emi chases the Oni out into the garden and watches it leap high and away.  There's no way to catch it now.  Well, as a Crab, she knows how elusive an Oni can be when it is threatened.  She has no doubt that they wounded the beast.<br/><br/>After watching the beast flee, Emi turns and marches back into the Inn.  The Thunder Guard is already there, beginning the clean up of the  mess and the work of tending to the survivors.  Emi nods to the surviving ronin.  Ronin may be filth, but this pair was brave enough to face an Oni, which counts for something.  Emi takes a seat at one of the tables, rummaging about her travelling pack for her oil cloth.  She listens carefully to the Thunder Guard questioning the Crane merchant, even as she methodically polishes and cleans her katana and her tetsubo.  She resheathes her katana with a brief prayer of thanks to the soul of her grandmother for watching over her during this battle.  Then Emi rises and marches over to the weapons alcove.  She resolutely places her weapons back into the alcove, determined not to show fear.  After all, they defeated the Oni.<br/><br/>Then Emi returns to the common room. Everything seems in order.  "We should take care," she announces firmly.  "The Oni will not forget the wounds we gave it and they are known to be vengeful."