He simply waited for them to finish, not responding. At the direct question, he resumed activity. "Adventurer, hired to find the missing council member and restart the Torch. Since most of the scholar types went under ground and vanished with the missing council member, I was directed to you for possible identification and methods of neutralization of hostile, nonstandard lifeforms. Also hoping you might have suggestions on where to purchase equipment for removal of said lifeforms. Should I start with the descriptions now, or should we retire to another room where your references are so we can expedite this as much as possible?"