Maybe you can negotiate?
"Hello. My name is..."
The creature gives a roar loud enough to create an earthquake.
"I said I would eat ye,and I will..."
He suddenly breaks out in tears."No, I won't! All these
years no one would ever be civil to a baby Watoobalgous like
me!"
If he's a baby, what does a grownup look like?
"Thank you, kind friend. I won't eat ye, and you ain't got to
worry about me no more. Here, take the chain."
If you talk to the creature, maybe it won't harm you.
