Her frozen expression and still body language was unnerving, but he pressed on, wishing he'd rehearsed a few more times. He'd expected more of a back and forth but she was giving him nothing.
"So, um, if they decide on the whole city, I'm pretty sure the demons won't vote for Jake after what he did in the West, even though he's making reparations to them with announcements and stuff. I'm hoping to get in on their vote alone, there's so many of them... um... demons, that is." He frowned momentarily, knowing that the Kuei Jin were a type of demon and Lan Bao might not like demons referred to as 'them'. "But if they decide only the city central votes, I would like to put forward a proposal for an alliance."
He realised, suddenly, that he'd buried the lead. He should've started with that. 'I propose an alliance between me and you and your people for our mutual benefit.' Fuck, that would've been an awesome start. Well, he was here now, even though he'd made a shambles of it.
"For our mutual benefit," he tagged on the end after a pause. He closed his eyes momentarily to collect himself and then awaited her reply, to see if she was at all interested. He doubted it now, after his roughly-designed presentation.