She had the calm, reasoning voice down to pat, he had to give her that. At the moment, he was perfectly willing to let her talk, let her ramble on as long as she pleased, as long as she didn't try and come close to him. The last thing he wanted to do right now was rush his plans. The numbers always responded better when changes were gradual.

The wind had already begun to pick up a bit. Ethan could feel it pulling at the hem of his pants, and hear one of the tarps over one of the windows fluttering on the level below. He needed time, and, despite the differences in situation, his mind flashed back to his many conversations with Kevin and Josie back in Port Townsend. They had always wanted to know all about him, but it had been remarkably easy to get them talking about themselves instead. People always wanted to talk about themselves, whether they realized it or not. Perhaps applying the same tactic on a certain FBI agent. Whose name he still did not know. It seemed important somehow, and a thought struck him, unexpected and quite welcome. She could only have one name she went by, and the chance of that being her name, whatever it was, had to be certain.

He swayed uneasily on his feet as numbers and names flooded through his mind. Had he been anyone but himself, the sudden lack of concentration would have sent him falling to his death. Of course, had he been anyone but himself, the situation would have never come to be in the first place.

Luckily, her name was relatively common, and it didn't take him very long to find it. The additional numbers slowly faded away, and he was left with only one certainty. Her name, perhaps not her given name, but the name she gave herself, was Bree. His smile was surprised and honest, although the hand he placed on his sweaty forehead hid some of the delight in his expression.

"That is actually an excellent question, Bree," he replied conversationally, tottering warily on the edge just in case she got any ideas of trying to grab him. "What did I do to make you so desperate to speak to me?"