Elgin and Fran and the rest get a tour of Prime One, the main habitat for the people tending the laser array.
This reading is chapter ten of The Francesians, the third book in the Green Comet trilogy. Everyone is wearing clothes, which surprises Elgin. One of their hosts explains to Fran how the economy of the place works. Buzzard and Maria see him phone home afterward.
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