Althea and the others were finally heading back home with the couple of Alterans left behind, and a few locals who'd be coming with them.
While the Alterans didn't stop the migration of Fargo citizens to Altera, they didn't strongly recommend it.
For one, Altera didn't need such an influx of population at this time. If anything, such a huge scale of migration could bring about a lot of inconveniences to them.
Second, Fargo Village would essentially become part of Altera soon. It would also be needing it for the resources that it had—particularly, limestone and copper. Taking away too many of its people and talent would hinder its use.
Hence, the Alterans were asked to discourage the locals' immigration unless the person had a relative in Altera or had been thoroughly abused in Fargo.
Of course, there were still a few hundred citizens and slaves who insisted on going, absolutely not wanting to stay in Fargo for another minute!
