Having been writing a character like Eliezer for some time, I think I understand lol. The guy understands nothing but overthinks everything. That last line really was misunderstood though, he was actually telling Allister that there was nothing he could do to stop his family from thinking that the Lunarians were a threat, he wasn't personally threatening to have them killed. Actually we can leave it as a misunderstanding, I can work with that :D