Tailpin had just closed his menus after equipping his new quiver full of level two arrows when he heard a distinctive giggle.  It wasn't the most likely sound to hear so soon after that little revelation earlier.  It drew his eye.  The blue hair captured his attention.  Then he proceeded to overhear some things that he probably had no right to know at this point.  He remembered Sapphira from when Mai'lo introduced everyone in their group before that battle.  He also remembered that she had rushed ahead to sell loot.  He felt a brief flicker of anger at that memory.  That boy hadn't needed to die but she didn't have to dismiss his death that way either.

Then he took a breath and calmed down.  He was the last person who had a right to judge.  After all, the things he said back there about killing Kayaba in the real world would sound pretty obnoxious to someone who knew the truth about him.  Obnoxious and pathetic, those were the right words to describe him.  He wasn't even all that useful in this world yet, never mind that one.  Bah, those were depressing thoughts, worthless and weak.  From what he'd seen, he was one of the oldest people out of all the players he'd met.  He had to at least keep himself together.  

Then he remembered what he'd shouted before running into town.  For now, he'd just act like he hadn't heard anything.  Though, it did seem that he'd found a kindred spirit of sorts.  Neither of them wanted to go back.  He was about to start walking toward them but stopped for a moment when he noticed barking.  So, a pet that isn't from this area and one of the hardest to handle heavy weapons all on one player.  That screamed beta-tester.  It also opened up an opportunity.  He left that matter alone for the moment.  He had to take care of business first.

He walked toward Sapphira and her new aquaintance, raising his voice to announce himself.  "Sapphira!"  He stopped walking when he was within a good conversational distance. "I assume that you remember me from when we were introduced earlier but I'm Tailpin.  I'm sorry to interrupt and I know it's a little presumptious to ask for a favor so soon after meeting but I'd like your help with a couple things."  He took a small breath and swiped open his inventory menu, rapidly tagging a short list of items as well as most of the coin he had, and then opened a trade window to Sapphira.  "I need you to use these funds to cover the group's expenses at the inn tonight, they should be enough.  The crafting supplies and any leftover money can go toward building your business.  Consider them payment for helping me out."  Tailpin knew that this wouldn't make much sense but he did have a plan so he was quick to explain.  "I made a bit of a bold wager before getting into town but something came up that I want to take care of so I'm going to be pretty late getting to the inn."

He had a feeling that she would accept, if only because it was additional coin for her business at no cost in time for her.  She was probably going to head to the inn soon anyway.  He kept the scythe wielder in the corner of his vision.  He would need what was left of his funds to persuade that guy to help him out for an hour or two.  He was going to train his spotting skill outside town at night, get mapping data for the surrounding area and get some opportunity kills if he could.  There was no guarantee that he'd be able to wait for good lighting in a dungeon.  Besides, he needed to make sure that he would be valuable and he was coming from behind so he had ground to make up.  If he could get that beta-tester to help him then he'd have a front liner to cut the danger factor down.

If Sapphira took care of the matter as he'd asked and this other plan worked out then he'd be able to offer more than just his level two skills when he tried to get into her planned guild on the ground floor.  It would just be a little bit of a wait until she was ready to start for real.  That was when he could express interest and join up without revealing what he'd overheard.