I really enjoy these little abrupt shifts into comedy for a chapter. Is "friendly greetings from Daxia" the new "peace among worlds"? Love how the dog's the one that starts it, and then there are thousands giving the one-finger salute in unison throughout space.
The AI reconstruction of the professor being more on board with the protagonist than the man was while alive is pretty funny.
And oh boy, we get a girl with fluffy ears now! I was hoping for the waitress/actress to show back up again, because she's been great so far, and the ears are a nice bonus, whatever her manager thinks.