He takes a steadying breath, trying to orientate himself.

"Well," he begins awkwardly, "it's Atlantis. You know, the lost city of Atlantis? Well, not exactly lost now. Anyway, the important thing to realise is it's... in a galaxy far, far away full of... monsters who are trying to kill us and people who want to shoot us so they can take over the city. Which is what's happening at the moment, if I'm right. They have a jealousy problem."

That, and there may have been one or two misunderstandings along the way which. Strained things. This is the short version of the story, though, not the lengthy history of awkward social situations where negotiations have gone south or being disrupted by well-intentioned actions that end in disaster.