Time to leave the Prime, their home for so long.
This reading is chapter twelve of The Francesians, the third book in the Green Comet trilogy. Archie has decided that he will accompany the Prime when it takes the remaining resources back to the two-planet system. The rest will be heading back to Green Comet, but it looks like there will be a delay. They return to the Ball to find armed men.
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