User blog comment:Per Ankh/The Fate of Azletar/@comment-24588058-20190123193828/@comment-31772644-20190124013321

Yep. It would have been a massive coincidence. A massive amount of artifact energy blasted through the Amber Spyglass, hitting the Pokeball and drawn into the Homunculus (which I imagine has energy-absorbing properties on its own anyway.)