Gratianus scowled at the alchemist. "We're under contract. We don't abandon a job halfway through because someone pays us more to betray our employer." He turned to the lizard. "If you want to negotiate the delivery or destruction of these supplies, you'll do it with him and him alone." With that, he sat back down, legs crossed, and closed his eyes and meditated, reaching out to Nerva to begin the calling.
OOC: Hopefully this lizard doesn't have the knowledge to recognize a summoning ritual...barbarians rarely do.