"Hn. Maybe you should have hit him. He was pretty arrogant. I don't trust anyone who claims to have all the answers." For whatever reason, striking a god didn't seem like an unimaginable transgression to Sanzo. Maybe he'd just become too accustomed to having the avatars of the gods bossing him around all of the time.

He considered Hakkai for a moment before responding to his question. "Yeah, I know the way. Are you ready to go back? Or do you want to take the long way around?" He leaned over slightly and offered Hakkai a hand to help pull him up off the floor.