"Pardon. Is there anyone else who can take up this job? I'd also like any scrap of magical power I can get while I look for my item. It's somewhere in this muck. I'm just wondering, because there are four of you. Would the boon apply only to....Well, whatever his name is, four of us, or the entire party? Just a thought." He finished, shrugging. 

"Anyway, before you go running off, perhaps it would be best to gain more information first. Where is this person located? What abilities should we prepare to face, why is she feared, etc."