^ But regardless of the justification behind it, wouldn't it still be a deus ex machina by virtue of the fact that he saved Emukae from being killed from out of nowhere?
By "out of nowhere", I mean that there wasn't any foreshadowing or hint that it would lead to this. As such, I'd definitely label this development as somewhat artificial, which I believe was the intention. Even so, I wouldn't label it as bad writing that way I see it.
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