"Can we just take a moment to get over the fact that we're dealing with Satan right now?" Max looked around the room at the three others. "I mean, that's pretty..." He trailed off as his need to speak up and share his nervousness began to dwindle. "Okay. Yeah. Maybe it's just me."

He thought he could use a Cone of Silence really quick just to get his inner-freaking-out-self out of his system, but instead, he sat back in the chair he was in and put on the most professional face he could muster. CONTROL protocol: go.