Guest? No, he hadn't--but there was no mentioning that aloud. "So I did," he responded, drawing up a smile to offer the other man. "Malcolm Bowen," he said by way of introduction, offering his hand. "Have I seen you around recently?"
The man looked familiar, but that hardly meant anything. There were plenty of people who looked familiar wandering around the Alley, and he'd be hard-pressed to name any of them.