Same here. They want something, they can ask instead of interrogating us.

[pulling out a box of crackers, he considers before putting the box back.]

What's got them so up in arms about magic, anyway? "Magic is not something we approve", blah blah blah. They want to make some point about hard work and reward, punishing people for using what they got seems stupid. Besides, we're aliens to them. We could go and cite the whole diplomacy act, interplanetary relations, get ambassadors, the whole shindig.

[you know, he's just going to make toast. setting that up and finding jam in the process while he talks.]