After Aeris n' Allen fished me outta the river and got me all set up again, I had an epiphany. Instead of tryin' to fight a god, how 'bout I just turn the charm up to max and bend him to my will that way?
It worked!
Leviathan was all, "'Sup, Courageous Aella of Vulpecula. I've deemed you worthy of my power. Take this shiny scale of mine."
So I said, "Sweet!" And I took the scale, which was indeed super shiny.