Ouroboros Spine that dude is a scientist, but i already cured all diseases last week

Kukutux snapped Stingray out of it, proffering the hide to him as easily as if it were a stick. This was no small, easily acquired gift, however; no matter how strange he thought the practice, Stingray knew something of value when he saw it. This hide had been stripped with care of all coarse hairs and worked down until it was smooth and supple.

I can't possibly take this, said Stingray with an uneasy swallow. He had been raised to be polite and knew it was rude to refuse a gift, but this was simply too luxurious a hide for him to take. I have nothing to give you in return.