▁in ▁order ▁to ▁save ▁her . ▁As ▁she ▁lies ▁there ▁dying , ▁S ita ▁real izes ▁at ▁last ▁that ▁Kal ika ▁never ▁meant ▁to ▁hurt ▁the ▁child , ▁but ▁was ▁only ▁trying ▁to ▁protect ▁him . ▁She ▁also ▁reve als ▁that ▁she ▁killed ▁Eric ▁( the ▁young ▁man ▁from ▁Ph antom ) ▁as ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁mer cy ▁since ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁a ▁terminal ▁ill ness ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁suffered ▁greatly ▁had ▁she ▁not ▁ended ▁his ▁life . ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁her ▁life , ▁Kal ika ▁explicitly ▁tells ▁her ▁mother ▁that ▁she ▁lov es ▁her , ▁and ▁then ▁she ▁dies . ▁Later , ▁S ita ▁arriv es ▁at ▁the ▁spot ▁where ▁Pa ula ' s ▁son ▁was ▁conce ived ▁and ▁experiences ▁a ▁cos mic ▁event ▁while ▁remember ing ▁her ▁last ▁meeting ▁with ▁Su z ama , ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁is ▁ir rad i ated ▁with ▁stell ar ▁energy ▁and ▁transformed ▁into ▁an ▁eth ere al ▁being . ▁M om ents ▁later , ▁the ▁Set ians , ▁who ▁also ▁exist ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁state ▁as ▁S ita ▁arrive ▁in ▁their ▁spaces hip ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁baby ▁back ▁to ▁their ▁home world , ▁where ▁they ▁will ▁consume ▁his ▁holy ▁powers . ▁S ita ▁poss esses ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁Cro ka , ▁the ▁Set ian ▁commander ▁and ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁use ▁him ▁to ▁attack ▁and ▁in cap ac itate ▁O ry ▁long ▁enough ▁to ▁her ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁baby . ▁After ▁doing ▁so , ▁she ▁sl its ▁his ▁thro at ▁and