How did Yuri end up falling from Zaude
in the first place?

I couldn't see very well because the core fell in
front of us, but maybe he slipped or something?

Oh ho, so yer sayin' he's just a klutz?

Well, I don't think Alexei really had
the time to pull anything.

Maybe, he just felt so hot that he couldn't
resist taking a dip in the great blue sea!

“I'm goin' home to mother ocean's bosom!”
Or somethin'? Not quite how I picture him, myself.

...Haha. It's kind of funny to imagine
him saying that, though!