Ancalagon sighed, and said, "That is what I was afraid of, but I could hope. Would you be willing to help me clear out a nest of aboleths beneath the castle? They have enslaved a tribe of Kou-tao, and they are being eradicated, slowly, through overwork and starvation. If not, I think I can do this alone, but I would feel better with some one helping. And equal shares on any treasure that we find after killing them if you help."<br/><br/>He suddenly feels particularly stupid, remembering that polymorph any object would let him turn into something that they cannot change, like an ooze, and he could simply engulf them. He still pockets the pearl, which might be useful later, and waits for her reply, before taking his items to the hoard, and setting them on it.<br/><br/>If she agreed, he teleports the two of them to the break in the passage, after asking her to morph down, so they can begin hunting.