Actually yes now that I think about it!

Eikichi would ask if there's a specific pattern to how people get picked, and if he knows if his friends will ever show up (he has a feeling the answer is no, but it doesn't hurt to ask. He'd want to talk bout the pirates too, and get his opinion on them! Eikichi doesn't want things to go south like it happened before, or at least what Piphron had told him before from their last log.