Ambassador Achariya was led to Bostaph's office, "Please, have a seat," Bostaph said as he heard the door without looking up from his notes.
"I'm not one like the Empress to use more words than are required for the task at hand so I'll keep things brief: allies don't state their intent to fire upon their allies, period. There's no room for debate, no arguments to be made in favour of such language, it's one of the few things that really are that simple. That neither Vaguzia nor Achkaerin utilized the ample diplomatic channels between our nations to discuss concerns, and also to discuss a mutal strategy forward, is likewise unacceptable. That your Foreign Minster has yet to be sacked is baffling."
"I take no pleasure in meetings like this, so I'll relay those actions we'd like to see to place this situation behind us. Vaguzia will make a committment to utilizing diplomatic channels to resolve future disputes while not putting on such a display of disunity between allies in public; it's not professional and does yourselves no favours. We'd also like to see your government distance itself from the notion of firing upon allied vessels as well as painting the First Empire in such adversarial terms, perhaps the Foreign Minister misspoke, for example. The Imperial Government will work with Vaguzia to mutually improve communications, and we'll move on and not speak of this sorry affair again."