So your solution is to wait around a table talking while they're out there wreaking havoc? While people could be dying. The most expedient solution is action. You go out there and you fucking stop them. [ By "you," he pretty much means himself. ] If it can be achieved through negotiations, then great. Do that. Most times that won't be the case.

[ Baal's eyebrow is arched sharply by now; he wasn't going to be suckered into an impromptu debate, but how can he not argue with what he's hearing? It's! Impossible!! ]

Not "may be." It is different. You must know as well as I do what good hiding our powers ended up doing for the lot of us. I'll give you a hint: a fat load of it.

What are yours?