I would not dare. I will attempt other avenues before I waste your resources.

[He bows his head - awkwardly, he senses with a grimace. How does one bow respectfully through one of these devices? Another ticky box to add to his reasons for preferring face-to-face interaction to these advanced communications techniques.]

Thank you. I don't want to encroach on your laws. I come to you as... traveler, to this place. I do not wish to impose my will on your city.

A good day to you, Madame Emperor.

[And with no want to take up any more of her schedule, he hastily exits the comm link.]