Nick nods. "Well, he was the one who initially proposed using the tendency towards rumors coming true as a method of luring in the Anoli. Which was a pretty stupid and nasty idea to begin with."

He turns back to the angry crowd. "I'm terribly sorry you feel that way. We're still rather confused as to the reasoning behind our summoning here ourselves. It troubles me that our presence is causing you all any problems. Perhaps there's something we can do to rectify the problem? I'm sure many of us would leave you all if we could, but since we're here, we might as well find a way to coexist." He expects the requests to be... less than reasonable, but diplomacy requires attempting to find a middle ground.