With his well-received direction to, effectively, not establish an embassy within Pitax, the negotiations broke down fairly quickly, and the Pitaxan envoy departed after some choice words were delivered. It seems this was a bit of a diplomatic affront to Pitax... but not surprising, given that they seemed to be setting it up to be rejected, anyway - likely intended to raise hostilities, though what Irovetti could be planning was, as of yet, unknown.