Julia and Retcon stay together in the alternate timeline for years, eventually having sex. Then Retcon abruptly teleports her back to the moment of Hart's death, putting her in a new timeline. Julia saves Hart's life and then abandons Earth forever in order to protect herself and others. However, Charybodis takes control up in space, driving Julia to eat a star and wipe out a solar system. She realizes that Retcon and Lodestone manipulated her with alternate realities in order to drive her to xenocide.