jim discovers silver has escaped below decks. jim allows silver to leave, and silver gives jim morph, as well as providing him some of the treasure he rescued before the planet's destruction to help him rebuild the benbow inn; as he leaves, silver tells jim he will "rattle the stars". amelia offers jim a recommendation to the interstellar academy, before he returns to the spaceport to reunite with his mother. sometime later, a celebration is held at the rebuilt inn; doppler and amelia marry and have children, and jim becomes a military cadet. during the party, jim sees an image of silver in the clouds, smiling proudly.