Ivan takes a sip from his glass, staring Flora in her eyes.
Because these little conflicts between Gaians and FL-ER are completely pointless.
You have nothing to gain from fighting us, and we have nothing to gain from fighting you.
Your name has made some waves among our members, and that led me to believe that you would have some sort of authority among the Gaians.
I was hoping to have had someone among the Gaians who's word carried a lot of weight, someone that I would have met personally, and known each other as human beings, living persons, not as another video feed from a cockpit in space.
It would have made the relations between our groups so much easier to settle.
Ivan takes a pause, to take another sip.
But if you cannot help with that, then maybe you can help with something else.
Someone talked, and rumors have spread, and so it came to my attention that Gaians have access to a type of bacteria that could eat a human being from inside out.
I would like to acquire several batches of this bacteria for an experiment I am conducting.
I will take one batch for free and test it out. If the results are satisfactory, I will pay for it, and any other batches I will order.
As you can see, even if you work with me in your own interest, and not that of the Gaians, we all stand to profit from this.