"We have a new task, Mike. We've got to take them home."
The sullen red sun dipped behind the black hills. The black mist of night flowed over the lowering sky dimming it, finally enveloping it. The black mist thickened, formed silently into the night sky with its countless planets, its myriad suns.
Somewhere in that star-scattered vastness is Earth, Sean McKenna thought.
Earth. And Maureen with the soft black hair and eyes that are blue flames.
Earth!