"Shh, see? That’s what I am worried about. No, Luna, I do not believe he is this agent provocateur from some foreign invader, nor do I believe the innumerable, contradictory stories we hear, not even if they come from his own mouth. I have met with him and have seen his reaction to somepony like Discord. You are fretting needlessly. All I see is a creature of strange abilities involved in things of interest to several powers, dangerous things we are dangerously unaware of. Force and coercion are not what is called for here. Tact, subtlety and, most importantly, diplomacy is. Mayhap I will drop by this Countess Heartfire for a spell after all."