He forces a smile at the apology, though he truly does appreciate the gesture. It's not as if Jacob's universe is all peachy keen, after all, especially considering all the guns laying out around them. Still, he can't help but feel a little... envious of the guy.

"EarthGov--which I guess is the equivalent of your Alliance--" The name Alliance confuses him a little, it sounds like it should be the name of a human and alien force. It makes more sense when he remembers it was made after the people on Earth got their shit together and held hands in unison. EarthGov was like that too, only it took a second Cold War and devastating ecological disasters for it to happen. "They're obviously not fond of them. They've tried to regulate as much as they can, like limiting where and when they can proselytize. But the Church has got a pretty big heft, you know? It comes with the territory when their followers have to fill their coffers. ....The real problem is that a lot of people really do believe in what the Church has to say. When you got people who have this one last thing to hold onto, you can't just--" He gestures with both hands, sullen.

"That's my galaxy. EarthGov, Unitology, dead aliens."