"They prefer human flesh, especially of those considered beautiful," he glances briefly at Kreyu. "Like your woman there, but...untouched." He smirks slightly, quite sure that if Skellig didn't choose her for her brains he's surely 'had' her many times.

"Such can be readily acquired for gold in this region, once we know where the beast lairs." While neither the brood's territory or the kingdom Skellig and Kreyu live in along the Mother River keeps slaves, many of the OTHER kingdoms in the region do. "We already possess a poison potent enough to cripple the beast, once it takes the bait."

"The favor of a king, when the beast's head proves my prowess and grants me the throne," he replies in answer to compensation. "And as much gold as you can carry, once the beast is slain."