Well he saved the moment.. maybe not exactly in the way meant by Ethan, but still it was effective.

There are some wonderful descriptive parts here and poetic metaphors, like:

Desperate to stop them from diffusing away in those fractal waters of infinity

The two flared and frayed into countless strands, folding back and splitting off to dance with yellow and green ones.

Without adding more, I've to say that your sensitiveness is inspiring and gives another layer to my idea of fiction writing.