He closes his eyes but nods. "Yes, I think that might actually be the best idea."

"If I had a better one I'd have suggested it. I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault." Sigh. "What's the best way to—inform all countries of this constraint?"

"It'd have to be a public announcement, most of the killings are extrajudicial. Maybe I can send you a list of a couple recent Anitami deaths, you can fact-find on them and make a video showing your process and then announce that you're not punishing anything that happened before you arrive but from now on -"

Nod. "Speaking of public, is there going to be some sort of announcement to the general populace?"

"People are arguing about how to coordinate them but someone'll leak it any day now."

"Makes sense that they would, I suppose. ...I hope Calado takes it well."

"Why them in particular? I can think of candidates I'm more optimistic about."

"Because I can see some Calado blue who wasn't invited to the meeting and didn't know about it deciding to do something stupid."

"I'm sure they will, but there are limits to how stupid."

"I suppose so. How are the Anitami reds?"

"Nervous. After Olvala everyone is. The pole thing helps but I think they're expecting someone to decide they want it for something."

"I don't suppose there's a way to reassure them the alien will really really not let anything like that happen? I suppose the public announcement might."

"I expect so. And the follow-up."

Sigh.

"I'm sorry."

"Not your fault, and we'll fix it. Everything. Just point me somewhere."

"I can draft an announcement for you, if you'd like, or review a draft."

"It might be best if you drafted it and I reviewed it and then you and so on."

"Then I will get to that."

"Thank you."

"Of course."

He'll teach greens magic in the meantime.

Draft statement:

I presently intend to interfere with internal affairs in the following situations: 

If a person accused of a capital crime is innocent and reaches out to me to request assistance, I will use my magic to supply the courts with forensic evidence of innocence. I will think favorably of nations which exonerate these persons, and may consider supplying them forensic evidence more widely in future.

If any nation commits mass killings of civilians in the course of a war or outside the course of a war, I may at my discretion prevent them from continuing to do so. If any nation uses magic in the course of war I may at my discretion force a change of leadership and an end to the war. 

No nations presently prosecute crimes against reds. Until they make satisfactory arrangements to do so, I will do it for them. When any red dies by violence I will identify the people responsible with forensic magic and execute them with magic I decline at this time to specify.

"I don't suppose we could find a way to work in an elimination of the capital penalty? ...which might be a bit hypocritical but."