Rainer watched on, half in disbelief, half in awe as Zahira tried to clobber an Imp with her boot. Granted, it was better than the coin the other guy had thrown, and it showed that both Lucian were quite resourceful, but there was still a part of him that wanted to laugh at the absurdity of it all. Rainer never got the chance, however, as 'Tim' was able to dodge under the retaliatory swipe of the Imp and land a counter strike with enough finesse that Rainer, a black-tip preparing for his black belt grading, was impressed!
The defeat of their comrade also seemed to send the other Imps scuttling back to... Wherever they were from, vanishing into thin air. It seemed the conflict was over, until a voice addressed them from behind.

Spinning on his heels and snapping into his forward stance once more, Rainer spun to face what could possibly be a new assailant. He had hoped to knock back the Imp's in such a way to allow them all time to escape, but that wouldn't work so well if they'd been flanked. Facing the newcomer, Rainer was slightly confused. According to the text above his head, he was 'Jin'. Whether that was his name or his class, like the 'Imps' remained to be seen. His text was blue, suggesting he was just like them, but his Level was obscured by question marks.
Rainer found himself thinking back to Quest Givers in MMO's or even the character Elminster from the Baldur's Gate games, a character so powerful and so high level that even using console commands to cheat didn't help!

Eyeing this new stranger cautiously, apparently a "Messenger of Gaia" from his name, although Rainer didn't know what the spiritual personification of the earth had to do with anything, Rainer answered 'Jin's' question with slight, guarded reserve.

[b]"We don't posses any abilities,"[/b] Rainer said, somewhat truthfully, [b]"It's just a simple matter of self-defence. Some of us have martial arts training, others like to beat things with boots, coins and car keys."[/b]

Rainer intentionally withheld the information regarding their 'Gamer' titles. Firstly, he didn't particularly see it as an ability, anyway, since it seemd to be little more than an Augmented Reality HUD right now. Secondly, Rainer's 'Quest' involved finding other Gamers, and Jin didn't seem to be one. There was no telling what was safe to tell him or whether he'd think they were nuts. Sure, it was a bluff, but it all depended on how you worded it, sort of like lying by omission...

...And then 'Tim' blew it, spilling the beans about their Gamer titles.

Rainer studied Jin closely, hoping to gain some insight into the strangers motives or alliance, as well as his reaction to Tim's confession