"That was one of the reasons why I didn't want to have to kill them, myself."  Ellen agreed, nodding.  "Though, as far as new expeditions go, it may be better to try negotiating with these people, first.  They haven't had much contact with the outside world, so if they can be shown that it's not as bad as they seem to think it is...  Well, their own maps probably extend much farther north than our current airships can go, for a start.  I think they could offer us just as much as we could offer them."<br/><br/>It was a bit of an appeal to greed, to be sure, but she was also making the case that the easiest and best way to get what they wanted was the one with the least amount of bloodshed.  Hopefully, that would be enough...