Obviously because he was such a *ahem* memorable part of Beka's story! tales of his deeds went out across the multiverse, and the Daligig said, "yes, we must save that bird!" XD

He reforms, though! XD Aaaah, I'm so going to have to find a reason for Marco to thread with Beka sometime. They're actually in the same team though, so that should make things easier! XD