Even without the foreshadowing, the bird answers pretty much every question the rest of the game might bring up. Why is ivory such a good power source? It's a fuel that was developed by really advanced aliens. Why does pretty much everything on the planet have ivory in it? Because the whole planet is basically a gas station the aliens made. Where did the blue eyes come from, and why can they control everything? Because the aliens needed a way to control their stuff. Then a space trucker shows up in his space truck and gets mad at the humans that have drained all the fuel.
Regarding the "Only a Flesh Wound" entry, when you talk to everyone in your house after returning from the moon, Teegan says this:
"I've been Elro's friend for a long time, now. I know him well. I know what he may... or may NOT do. I've always tried to push him in the right direction. If he tells me to stay behind, I know for sure to do the opposite. To push the buttons for him."
Isn't that outright telling, or at least heavily implying, that she followed him and pushed the button after Mina shot him?
The "All for Nothing" entry is a bit debatable, though the trope is certainly being invoked. It's not clear just what the relationship is between the alien race maintaining the Starworm, the artificial xenoforming equipment coring the planet, the Ivory mining and receipts, and any of the human societies, but simply having Royal (or his white slip) not be on the planet may have made a significant difference in the outcome, and he might not have been able to damage it (providing the weak spot which let Robin fight it at all) if the confrontation had been in a different environment.
I don't think the bird really qualifies as a giant space flea from nowhere. His feathers are on the spines, the omega controller's spikes look like feathers, & there there's a picture of him standing between two spine controllers in a mandatory cave at the beginning of the game.
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