/* about twenty Ajthatans present, six from the League, atmosphere
moderately casual, the previous Embassadors suppress laughter, the hosts
attackingly serious. first ten minutes they persuade the newcomer
main missioner that she should not stand while speaking, it is
not customary here and would badly affect the relations. led by diplomatic
wisdom, she accepts.*/
"It constitutes an exquisite honor to be writing the first page of our new,
common history. I announce the mission open."
/* This was recorded as one of the twenty shortest speeches
in the history of diplomacy. The prepared speech was about ten thousand glyphs
long, and remained lying on the table. The probable reason the speech was
not read lies in the mentioned casual atmosphere, overloaded dining table
and before all in the [fact that] nobody seemed in the mood to listen [to
it]. The later report that the missioner sent home was not published, [it
is waited] another fifty years remaining (of the three hundred assigned)
until it is available */