Hm...It's difficult to say. The Citadel Council still preferred to deny the threat existed, at last communication. It is possible they might come to accept the reality of the situation before it is too late to act, but. [He shrugs again.]

Politicians.

[He says that one word as if it explains everything. Because, honestly, it does. It's a universal concept where he comes from, and somehow he has a feeling that it's universal literally everywhere.]