Daniel blinked at Ildraniath. "Speak for yourself. We did actually just insult them by attacking Galilean citizens though. " He cared what happened here. They'd landed, been made aware that something was wrong, and it wasn't like they could turn the other cheek, take what they came here for and go. They'd be just as guilty if they were willfully ignorant. Even if she was right about the GIA wanted them to negotiate with the proverbial gun to the back, Daniel wasn't about to get bullied into cooperation just for his own sake.
Oh boy. This wasn't good. Kang and Zetta were going to come to blows any second now. It was already personal for Kang, and what wasn't helping matters was Zetta waving his age like it was a dick waving contest.
"Guys, come on. Let's just calm down," Daniel said. He thought about stepping between them, or at least, into the line of fire, but he got the feeling it wouldn't help. They'd just fight around him. Or in Kang's case, over his head.
"Kang, Zetta's right." Sort of. "Not every society we're going to run into is going to be a comfortable experience. However, we're meeting them on different terms here, and we supposedly have something they want. So we can start setting our own terms. We don't have to continue to be the victims in this negotiation if we approach this with a cool head. And no one is stealing anything." Daniel glared at Zedd. "Do you want to give them an excuse to imprison us? Or eject us from the planet early?"
Time to try and appeal to it with the basic facts. "At the moment, we can't up and leave anyway, so it's a moot point. So I don't see the harm in investigating until then." Daniel said. "Either way, we need a lot more information before we deal with the Galileans further."
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Oh boy. This wasn't good. Kang and Zetta were going to come to blows any second now. It was already personal for Kang, and what wasn't helping matters was Zetta waving his age like it was a dick waving contest.
"Guys, come on. Let's just calm down," Daniel said. He thought about stepping between them, or at least, into the line of fire, but he got the feeling it wouldn't help. They'd just fight around him. Or in Kang's case, over his head.
"Kang, Zetta's right." Sort of. "Not every society we're going to run into is going to be a comfortable experience. However, we're meeting them on different terms here, and we supposedly have something they want. So we can start setting our own terms. We don't have to continue to be the victims in this negotiation if we approach this with a cool head. And no one is stealing anything." Daniel glared at Zedd. "Do you want to give them an excuse to imprison us? Or eject us from the planet early?"
Time to try and appeal to it with the basic facts. "At the moment, we can't up and leave anyway, so it's a moot point. So I don't see the harm in investigating until then." Daniel said. "Either way, we need a lot more information before we deal with the Galileans further."