"A thought occured to me just now, talking about Mephisto." There was a bit of hesitation in his voice as he finished thinking out the idea. "Perhaps a some what direct approach would work well with him, a diplomatic approach to simply ask him where he stands in all this. If we are to break into different groups to do these tasks, then we could send one person who is skilled with words and social nicities, then another who is not to say much but is rather obviously powerful. Obviously trying to intimidate such a being woudl be futile, but it would be very foolish to look weak as well."