Later, black‑market corporate entity Silas cripples Eiro with infrasonic waves. The crashed probe draws the fleet’s ultimate judgment down upon Earth.
Leo brings Eiro to the Goldstone Antenna to broadcast a signal of goodwill. The fleet revokes the extermination order. Eiro departs aboard its mothership, and Leo returns to Chinatown.
Late one night, a single suspended drop of wonton‑noodle broth hangs in mid‑air — a quiet hint that Eiro still watches over him from among the stars.
