"I came here to converse with you, not to argue, but if you insist... Your lineage, while interesting to some, is of no interest to me. The Ramesar consider all Venasians to be the same as those we had the misfortune of encountering so many years ago- tactless, arrogant, racist, pirates," answered Marconis equally cold.

Levy stepped in, "Emisary, Tremea, please...I would encourage you to place your personal feelings for each other aside. We are here for the purpose of working together. I would hope this would not interfere with that."

The Emissary shifted his gaze from the souped up Venasian to Levy. "Mr. Levy, I do appreciate your sentiment. Some time ago, the Ramesar and the Venasians crossed paths, and it led to a war. A costly one for both sides. It would appear that both our peoples have long memories of that conflict. You assume that I have personal feelings for Venasian Ambassador. I assure you that is not the case. I care for her as much as she cares for me, sir. The problem at hand is not with the individual, but with the race. Now, unless I'm mistaken, this is the very type of matter that this Council was founded to work with before they led to another bloody and costly war."

"While memories can pain us for a long time, it is the individual respect for each other that can allow us to work through our issues, and therefore work together. Feel free to bring this issue to the senior Council members but I will ask, for the sake of personal honor and the respect of other Council members, I would request you please keep these disagreements private for now."

Koomah thought Levy was almost patronizing Marconis and his Venasian counterpart. There was no way to treat either one of that. "Since we are all diplomats who have been assigned to this responsibility, I am sure that we should be able to handle such disagreements. We are all professionals. That does not mean that we are not allowed to disagree ... Just that we do it in a way that is not immature."

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)))=) Lisa

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