Love your writing.

I thought the best question to consider when faced with an impossible request would be 'what is his/her motivation?'. Is the idea coming from desperation or inspiration?

Both can yield amazing results but if you are inspired and bet the company or if you are desperate and dont then i'd guess something special is in the works.

... or you could be toast. Either way there is so much mediocrity about i'd be tempted just for the ride.