He nodded, idly considering how best to deal with this, as he realized that a messenger to the capital had probably already been sent. He narrowed his eyes, and nodded to Arixia, excusing himself for a moment, mentally cursing for not thinking of this sooner. He headed downstairs, first shutting the door firmly behind him to the room, and quickly drafted a letter, telling the guildmaster about the dragon attack, and that the party that had hired him for not antagonizing the paladin had roused her. He detailed what they knew of the plan, and that he had been hired by the dragon to assist in reclaiming the hoard, else she planned to burn the town to the bedrock, which would make establishing a thieves' guild in the town rather difficult. He added that he suspected that a Hunter would be dispatched to find the dragon soon, and that he was still likely to be hired by the time it got there, so he needed a replacement guildmaster as he went off to complete the contract. He tapped his quill thoughtfully against his chin, debating a request to remove the messenger, but with almost a two day head start, his message wouldn't get there in time to waylay the messenger. That, and the thought of killing someone just for a few extra days reprieve left a bad taste in his mouth. He did, however, ask for the guildmaster to try and delay the messenger if he could.<br/><br/>He signed the letter, and went upstairs, handing it to the tavern keeper along with a small pouch of gold, who would hire one of the couriers to run the message to the guild's contact in the courier office in the capital, and then have it delivered to the guildmaster. That had taken about ten minutes, and he headed back to the meal, and nodded politely as he slipped back into place. "Sorry, just realized I forgot to warn the guildmaster what had happened, and asked him to... take care of the messenger the town no doubt has sent. Might not get him in time, but no sense not trying. Might give us an extra day or three."