“Launch the wontons!” Grandma Chen’s voice boomed across the fleet comms.
She pulled the main array release lever with both hands.
CLANK-WHIRRRRR!
Thirty-six magnetic launch catapults along the rim of the moon-sized bronze cauldron swung upward. With a heavy hiss of compressed steam and starlight pressure, millions of glowing, house-sized wontons flew into the green nebula!
They soared through the vacuum like a meteor shower of pure golden delicacies. Each wonton was wrapped in translucent, shimmering dough, trailing fragrant plumes of rich shrimp broth and sweet jade-kelp steam.
Down below, ten thousand Void Star-Whales opened their cavernous mouths toward the falling treats.
GULP! GULP! GULP!
The silver calf caught three house-sized wontons in a single leap, its tiny throat expanding like a bellows. It let out a muffled chirp of absolute bliss, rolling over in the cosmic dust with its belly facing the stars.
