I lunge forwards at the nearest guard!

But that just gets me poked with more spears. Uncle hates it when I am aggressive. He thinks the selenites are perfectly reasonable and we should try to be friends. Uncle must be mad!
Should we settle down and eat the food they give us? Uncle thinks we should try to communicate. Or should we just keep pulling on these chains? Or should we wait it out and see what happens? Or do something else?