"Last time that we tried that the ambassador ended up in a lab because someone in Washington thought he had to be a mutant. Before that, the guy was a side show in a traveling circus. Countless others were just outright killed. Diplomacy hasn't gone very well with the other guy taking one look at the blue skin most Atlanteans have and seeing only freaks." Kassi downed two drinks in rapid succession. "My father made some minor progress, but only because they needed him in WW2."