First of all, yes, the tutorial walkthrough works fine.  If you don't know what to say/do, use the walkthrough.  Easy.
Sometimes I wish there were more trigger words, but then that takes all the fun out of it.

Making my way through the tutorial (walkthrough in hand), I came upon Xargon.  I gave him the three items, and he asked for yet another air glyph!  How greedy is that punk?!

Anywho, I filed a ticket, but if there is some fix (as the 'skip this step') or other people that have the greedy Xargon, this is the post for you!