Aliens are easy enough to predict if you know what their motivations are. Survival at the most basic, but a lot of aliens want to accumulate things. Some just want to get by, but the ones that want to accumulate make it hard on 'em. Whether it's something intangible like power or resources.

Ambassadors have both.

People want something, no matter what species they are. They can go through legal means, but even I know sometimes that can hold you up from taking care of a problem. Even make it damn well impossible. So they take a short cut.

So, think real hard on it. You know there was an explosion. You know there's a peace conference. You reacted. But you reacted and missed something real important- what was that?

[He sits and waits for Narvin to answer, just stirring his coffee for now.]