Frozen Revenge
Spent three months in Victor's system.
Then he petitioned to return to alliance territory.
"The Migration Accord doesn't address return migration," Morrison noted. "Only initial transfer. We have no precedent for this."
"Because it's never happened before," Victor added via video link. "My system worked for him. Until it didn't. Now he wants to come back. If we allow this, we create permanent fluidity. People shopping between systems based on convenience."
"Or we allow people to learn from experience," Maya countered. "David tried Manhattan. Decided it wasn't for him. We should welcome him back, not punish him for trying."