He was silent for a long moment.  Celestia soon feared he wasn’t going to answer.  But he relented and said, “Alright, Princess.  This is what I can do.”  He mustered as diplomatic a voice as he could.  “In hopes of furthering mutually beneficial goals, I will hereby temporarily cease all unprovoked hostile actions on behalf of myself, and these United States Marine Corps, with the Sovereign State of….” 