For a few moments the Magma Elemental is quite, considering what you'd said. "Where I come from those that can take something they need, they do so. If they have to take it by force then that is what is required and it is not given another thought."Shock wrote:
"Here specifically?" Liz pointed at the floor. "We were looking for you."
DUH
"More to the point, I couldn't guess what society is like where you're from, but here theft and property destruction are pretty big issues. What you were taking for sustenance has different value to us." Liz put her hands on her hips. "We're giving you a break because you're here involuntarily and have a uh... complicated situation. But the public at large isn't going to get that. The official story is going to be that we found you, defeated you and sent you back where you came from."
"I do have most of what I had taken, I had no idea how long I would be here and tried to build a stock of ...." The Elemental pauses again as it tries to come up with the right word. "...food. Would that help the public?"