"This is also something that might have happened if a clean person had pulled a weapon. A red out of neighborhood is already hostile and willing to hurt people."

They make a noncommittal noise.

"We're very sorry about what happened to her."

Another noncommittal noise.

"Do you have any questions?"

"Not at the moment, thank you."

"You're welcome. Perhaps you can clear up some vocabulary for me -"

This is a thing they can do!

And eventually the cars get where they're going and everyone can disembark!

The workers and consorts re-assume formation around the queen.

And they can come meet more greens and some yellows and blues.

The queen casts a critical eye over the assembled representation of hair colors, and nods. "Hello," she says, her tone cool but not quite outright unfriendly. "I greet you on behalf of the Nissfaran Web."

The green translates this. The yellows take notes.

"What is the Nissfaran Web, please?"

"It is the nation I represent."

"Were the people we met before also citizens thereof?"

"Yes. The queen you previously encountered was my niece."

"We wish to formally apologize on behalf of the nation of Tapa for the treatment she encountered. All of the culprits are being held and if you want them extradited we will be willing to turn them over."

"That would be a very good-faith temporary measure."

"Would you like them brought here or would you prefer to collect them?"

"The former would be more convenient at this time."

"They'll be fetched over presently. Is there anything else we can do for you?"

"We would like an overview of the socio-political structure of this nation and its neighbors, if that would be convenient."

They are happy to explain Tapai democracy to the visitors, and the neighboring systems.

The aliens are missing some concepts the Amentans might find pretty basic, like "caste."

They can explain caste! A long time ago it was found that talent runs in families, and you can get a lot of efficiency out of training people for things you can guess they'll be good at from early on and have them specialize. People mostly have children with other members of their castes - it used to be that they weren't allowed to have intercaste children - and so it is very common for everybody to have their caste hair color by now. Tapa is matrilineal, but their neighbor Anitam is patrilineal, when the intercaste thing comes up. Blues do governance and land management and judiciary, greens do art and science and academia, yellows do bureaucracy and programming and clerical work, greys are police and athletes and soldiers, oranges are doctors and caretakers and teachers, purples are farmers and laborers and manufacturers, and reds are undertakers and garbagepeople and plumbers.