So, my friend asked me to reach out to them bc they were upset (mostly because they felt dumb about the whole thing, and were too anxious to do it)

So I asked Fauxied about it, and got an oddly backpedalling, confusing reply:

(Along with 10g and a lamp trinket)

They gave the sprite back to my friend in a PM with a similar response to my friend- along with 100kt??

"you can give the dragon back if you want..i didnt mean to make you uncomfy or make you anxious" was the extra line in their PM.

I thanked them for getting back to me, and was cordial- but to me, this smacks of "Shit, I was called out."

So it's resolved, but still left a bad taste in my mouth.