I was actually sad that he dropped it and didn't notice; I thought that was the end of it. Her then finding it on top of the trash was way too on the nose.The part with the strap felt so forced, like it felt like artificial conflict initializer.
Thanks! I think something went wrong when I uploaded the chapter. I added the page now.There's a page missing, the second one after the chapter starts. It comes right after the opening page with the satellite and has some extra dialogue between Emi and her parents.