[ no one likes him, and he's all too used to it. ]

And as suspicions from the natives raise we'll be at a terrible disadvantage. We are stowaways in their corner of this universe, for now, to the very least.

Issues in politics are always complicated. I'm sure it this deep seated sort of hate wasn't fostered in the last week alone. Wars have been waged for less.

[ he piffs, blowing some hair form his face. ]