[Marlo inclines her own head in greeting and gestures to a chair on the other side of her desk. Her expression is friendly and her body language mostly casual.]

Welcome to the Free Cities. Please have a seat. I don't usually take time out of my day for meetings like this, but you and the rest of the recent arrivals aren't our usual visitors.

[She takes her own seat and folds her hands on her desk.]

If you're worried you're going to suffer consequences here, don't.