She realized then that the asteroid hadn't just hit a moon; it had hit a tomb. Or perhaps a beacon. The wasn't just debris—it was a message, scattered across the planet for anyone who knew how to look at the stones.

Ejecta refers to the material expelled from a target during an impact event, which can include coherent ejecta blankets, breccias, ScienceDirect.com

Days passed, and the world grew quiet. The "Ejecta Cloud" began to settle, coating the streets in a fine, silver-grey powder. It wasn't just dust; it was the moon itself, redistributed. Elara spent her afternoons in her lab, analyzing samples. Under the microscope, the lunar grains looked like tiny, jagged diamonds. They were alien, yet they were now part of the Earth's new crust.