The explosion triggered a sequence causing the Coca-Cola to be diluted by dirty, filthy tap water. Yelz decided this would be the way to kill Hudij. However, he would have to find a way to remove Hudij from his shell. From inside his shell, Hudij had engineered biotic enhancements, including a generator of Coca-Cola so that he did not need to drink Coca-Cola obtained elsewhere.

Nearby on the planet Yelz was visiting, an unsanctioned politician agreed to trade drugs for time-destroying weapons. This lizard was plotting to do nothing, but found interest in having the ability to destroy time. Trials may reveal what would happen during time that had been destroyed.