Yes, I do. But it's probably your strongest. Binding a fiend will immediately go badly, and elementals are less than likely to be helpful.
Not really. And I don't see how Zone of Truth offers more insight than Detect Thoughts in this scenario, which is very little. You didn't think it through all that much, which tells me that you tend not to think things through past the potential for you to benefit, which tells me you'll slip up early and often.