The lights went on a second time and Crane nodded and tapped the back of the chair. "Harry Steeger, yes," he corrected without missing a beat. That made much more sense in context. Niles considered this addition for another second, making a hm face. He'd come back to that.

Without steering directly into the storm of greater metaphor, he shifted the sails on this little boat and offered his hand out across the expanse.

"How rude of me; I didn't even introduce myself. I'm Niles."