Flight 018 pg 31-32 Okay, let’s dive back in. So we are once again exposed to Eishi astute deduction abilities he knows the blackout is skipping the cycle cause of an outlier. But I like to highlight how chilling this must be for him. You can read it in his face that the idea isn’t comfortable at all. That’s why I totally appreciate the shot in that last panel. Alongside being a good aerial shot, Eishi feels vulnerable seeing how he is looking around and is kinda small in the frame. We are witnessing the first ‘hostile’ encounter with Eden as well as the first hostile encounter with a non-ally Birdman. By this time, Eishi understands the basic abilities of a birdman and how they work in units. A new birdman to the scene is therefore an uninvited guest. They are already in the door by presence because of how they work. It’s dawning (or has already dawned) on Eishi that conflict with their own kind is big trouble. We know that the nature of the species really discourages conflict but Eishi hasn’t figured that into the equation. This moment and it’s accompanying threat knocked on a birdmen v. birdmen scenario that would be absolute carnage.