Skin Trade

A merchant in Tabor makes Clive an offer he allegedly can't refuse—to hunt a dread aevis, and share in the seemingly considerable profits that its skin will bring when sold.

Clive kills the dread aevis, and takes its skin back to the merchant in Tabor, who is more than pleased to get his hands on such a valuable item. He proposes that he and Clive go into business together, but manages to take it in his stride when his offer is politely rebuffed.