Frankly, it could have gone a lot worse, but it also could have been a lot better. When the submarines reappear on the lake shore, it's a sign that everyone didn't actually all die down there, but the survivors stumble off either with tales of how bad it actually was down there...or no word at all, not wanting to talk about it.

Within an hour or two of landing, though, Cao Pi puts out word that he has the cure for what ails nearly everyone. The spirits gifted him with a bottle of wine that never runs out. It's decent wine, made from grapes (his favorite!!!), though it may take more than a few glasses for the hard drinkers to get really drunk on it. The nice thing is, it literally never runs out. So he will play host at the Invincible, pouring a glass or ten or twenty for whoever wants it. No judging. No carding. Where he comes from, wine is for everyone capable of sitting at table with their peers and elders alike. This is truly special, as far as he's concerned. Grape wine is rare, a gift from the West to court the Wei Emperor, so to be able to pour it constantly with the bottle never emptying is truly, truly a blessing.

Come drink whether one glass or too many. Drink to celebrate or drink to forget. Cao Zihuan is your host and he takes his hospitality very seriously.