For a moment, the thing puffs up as if to defy you... but the flickering movements of your blade serve to drive your "point" home pretty effectively, and the creature backs down.<br/><br/>"Hrrrr..." It croaks, eyes jumping back and forth between your body and the point of your sword. "Fine. I help you, ogre-mate, and call for truce. But if we find stone man, you free me when you get free. That my price for help... have village want return to."<br/><br/>The creature seems to smile at the thought, and a long, fat tongue slides over its pale lips.<br/><br/>"You accept deal, ogre-mate? Or will you find Stone Man alone, without protection in dark maze?"