Swamped

"Perhaps you were looking to audition?" you muse. "Because it hardly seems like the best time to join a group like that."

"Au-audition?" they ask weakly. "No! I've got nothing to do with those crooks in the Guild!"

"Pardon? I meant that you might be planning to perform some kind of trick with a lizard and join the actors. But they're leaving town. Not much time to make an impression." You smile. "But perhaps you can tell me more about this Guild you've got nothing to do with?"

They're sweating intensely.

"Didn't... didn't mean any harm, Mister Flame. Here, here's all your stuff back. I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

And they run off. Though this case of mistaken identity could be a concern if they tell someone else that "Leonard Flame" is here... but you'll just have to deal with that later. First, you've got to have a little talk, one that will hopefully clear matters up.

But as you put your things away in your pocket, you realize that the thief was in such a rush to get away that they handed over something else, as well.