Try to get someone else to talk to it. Failing that, try to do it myself.
I would rather not fight the thing, but not knowing exactly what we're bothering here, be ready to fight just in case.

Also,
€œNo way!€ protested Joey €œHaven€™t you heard the stories about what€™s down there? I heard there are terrible drainpipe machines with insane names, like Japanese Fighting Tortoise!€
Win.