Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-108.160.47.137-20130704012956/@comment-6881629-20130704085556

Letting a npc take an item you dropped will make them friendly to you and sometime count towards the helping the people part of becoming Thane. They can also just say here you droped this and give it back or simply ignore it, i've heared it said but never seen it actually happen that if two people want the item the can fight to the death over it