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A community of physically imperfect residents on a remote asteroid confronts exclusion after a governing committee refuses their request to rejoin mainstream society. Medical officials explain technical and social obstacles—most cannot be restored to ordinary bodies, and one man, a luminescent survivor of an industrial mishap whose prosthetic limbs are nonfunctional, embodies those barriers. Frustration drives several leaders to organize and pursue unconventional strategies for acceptance or escape, including leveraging spectacle and popular entertainment. When they attempt departure aboard a ship, tensions mount as alliances, subterfuge, and a newly arrived passenger complicate their bid for freedom, raising questions about identity, adaptation, and social compassion.
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