diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/call-analysis.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/call-analysis.ts
index a95cb955a..19a612259 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/call-analysis.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/call-analysis.ts
@@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ export const extractReceiverNode = (nameNode: SyntaxNode): SyntaxNode | undefine
   // Lua: the receiver is the `table` field of the call's `function` variable.
   if (!receiver && callNode.type === 'call') {
     const callee = callNode.childForFieldName('function');
-    if (callee?.type === 'variable') receiver = callNode.childForFieldName('table');
+    if (callee?.type === 'variable') {
+      receiver = callNode.childForFieldName('table') ?? callee.childForFieldName('table');
+    }
   }
 
   if (
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/call-form.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/call-form.test.ts
index 38d97e9ed..edf6f4900 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/call-form.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/call-form.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import {
   inferCallForm,
   extractReceiverName,
+  extractReceiverNode,
 } from '../../src/core/ingestion/utils/call-analysis.js';
 import type { SyntaxNode } from '../../src/core/ingestion/utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import { createSymbolTable } from '../../src/core/ingestion/model/symbol-table.js';
@@ -116,6 +117,33 @@ describe('inferCallForm', () => {
       expect(inferCallForm(match!.callNode, match!.nameNode)).toBe('member');
       expect(extractReceiverName(match!.nameNode)).toBe('util');
     });
+
+    it('captures a complex receiver node for deferred chain resolution', () => {
+      parser.setLanguage(Lua);
+      const captures = extractCallCaptures(parser, 'getService().run()', SupportedLanguages.Lua);
+      const match = captures.find((c) => c.calledName === 'run');
+      expect(match).toBeDefined();
+      expect(inferCallForm(match!.callNode, match!.nameNode)).toBe('member');
+      expect(extractReceiverName(match!.nameNode)).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(extractReceiverNode(match!.nameNode)?.text).toBe('getService()');
+    });
+
+    it('captures a bare middleclass class binding', () => {
+      parser.setLanguage(Lua);
+      const provider = getProvider(SupportedLanguages.Lua);
+      const tree = parser.parse('local Foo = class("Foo")');
+      const query = new Parser.Query(parser.getLanguage(), provider.treeSitterQueries);
+      const matches = query.matches(tree.rootNode);
+      expect(
+        matches.some(
+          (match) =>
+            match.captures.some((capture) => capture.name === 'definition.class') &&
+            match.captures.some(
+              (capture) => capture.name === 'name' && capture.node.text === 'Foo',
+            ),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Java', () => {
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/parser-loader-abi.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/parser-loader-abi.test.ts
index 994da9f9d..ae624da44 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/parser-loader-abi.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/parser-loader-abi.test.ts
@@ -203,8 +203,11 @@ describe('parser-loader ABI load-smoke (#1922)', () => {
       return;
     }
 
+    const lf = String.fromCharCode(10);
     const crlf = String.fromCharCode(13, 10);
     const snippets = [
+      `local value = "line\\${lf}continued"${lf}`,
+      `local value = 'line\\${lf}continued'${lf}`,
       `local value = "line\\${crlf}continued"${crlf}`,
       `local value = 'line\\${crlf}continued'${crlf}`,
     ];
diff --git a/gitnexus/vendor/tree-sitter-lua/bindings/node/index.d.ts b/gitnexus/vendor/tree-sitter-lua/bindings/node/index.d.ts
index 7c7e628a4..f9d0c22eb 100644
--- a/gitnexus/vendor/tree-sitter-lua/bindings/node/index.d.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/vendor/tree-sitter-lua/bindings/node/index.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 // Type stub mirroring gitnexus/vendor/tree-sitter-c/bindings/node/index.d.ts.
 // The runtime binding is a native .node loaded by node-gyp-build; this stub
 // gives TypeScript a Language-shaped module to import.
-declare const language: unknown;
+type BaseNode = {
+  type: string;
+  named: boolean;
+};
+
+type ChildNode = {
+  multiple: boolean;
+  required: boolean;
+  types: BaseNode[];
+};
+
+type NodeInfo =
+  | (BaseNode & {
+      subtypes: BaseNode[];
+    })
+  | (BaseNode & {
+      fields: { [name: string]: ChildNode };
+      children: ChildNode[];
+    });
+
+type Language = {
+  name: string;
+  language: unknown;
+  nodeTypeInfo: NodeInfo[];
+};
+
+declare const language: Language;
 export = language;