Ideo nodded lightly, eyes half-lidded. "Sadly true. I was hoping that we could resolve some of the tension therein before all of the Guests showed up, but politics has never been my forte. I wasn't...really made to be a leader or anything." A sigh, that he puffed over his coffee to cool it down, before sipping again.

"The Anoli have been quiet lately, and that has me worried. They may be wary after the defense we managed thanks to all of you, but it won't last. They'll come back more determined than ever- and I don't know if we'll be able to continually defend so many points like that. Especially while trying to keep the civilians safe, as well as our research...we're spread thinner than most of the others would admit."