"I see." He's being given quite a bit to think about, not the least of which is that if violence breaks out, he may be obligated to try and de-escalate a situation that he may not actually be qualified to get in the middle of. "Whether anyone is actually in charge seems like the wrong question, if services here are on a volunteer basis.

"Now I suppose the only thing left you might be able to answer for me is how common aliens are here." He'd been asked a few leading questions already that he could tell where they were going, and hadn't particularly appreciated, but it wasn't really the time or place to break down how bad it actually had gotten to him.