I love this!
Such marvelous figurative language - the crane looking like an attenuated finger, the use of candlelight, ship-wrecked mariners - so rich and vivid.
And I appreciate that Hermione and Ron haven't drifted apart from Harry; it served as a nice change from most post-DH stories I've read.
Thank you so much for sharing this gem.
(oh - here via alisanne's rec :))