"I must beg your pardon for my presumption that--perhaps all of this?" And he waved a hand outward to encompass all around them. "Might be more familiar to you? Much as I agreed with coming here, to be out among the stars is like something from a novel, to me." He didn't necessarily smile, but there was something self-effacing about his expression all the same. "Also I should introduce myself, since I am presuming we are to be crew-mates. I am Nathanial."