[b]Lakfakalle[/b] Dmitri and the Boskop representative were shocked by the Equestrian diplomat saying that it wasn't their fault if harm came upon their member nation when they joined. They tried as best the could to hide it, but the Empress' eyes grew wide and her mouth dropped open slightly. Her hands hung limp for a moment, then began to clench unconsciously. Her brow furrowed, her teeth clenched, and she began to rise as more negative mass was transferred from storage to her boots. Eventually, she was about two feet off the ground, and if any Sazkarjhit present had seen the attack on Sazkar, it was a look that they knew all too well. "I do hope." She said through her clenched teeth, in an obviously aggressive tone "That you were apologizing for any harm caused to your member nations when they joined, and did not just say that you don't even care about them. In our grammatical structure, when somebody says 'If they did not look at what harm it could bring them, then we are not responsible', it usually means that they only care about themselves." With basically all the other diplomats incapacitated by anger, the Ethra'Hirel representative spoke to the Triarians, quiet enough so that only they could hear it. "You have had more dealings with the Equestrians, is that kind of... miscommunication common? Or could they have actually meant that? Surely they didn't, or is that kind of thing accepted outside of the Federation?" Realizing how many questions he had just asked, the diplomat wuickly continued. "Sorry, but my people were isolated for thousands of years, and we have not integrated into the galactic community as well as the Boskops."