[rules are for people who care about them, tiger, c'mon. he just rolls his eyes.]

Naturally.

[of course there's still a delay. he's not very surprised about it, at least, because everything here feels designed to be at least a little annoying.]

I cannot say much for teamwork with this particular group, either. Among like-minded individuals, certainly, but... [a vague handwave. too many mortals here. they wouldn't appreciate his civilization's values, for the most part, and it remains possible their leaders aren't much different.] This group has no such cohesiveness to it.