Audra's brow furrowed as the country woman walked out of sight in the direction that the elderly man had pointed. She had just taken a deep breath and took a step to approach him when the man's face made a sour and displeased expression and walked farther down the hall out of her sight, muttering under his breath. With a pounding heart, she quickly approached the front doorway, peeking her head around the corner in the direction they had gone. 

Should she follow them?

As uncertain as she felt on what to do, she was certain that it was better to be inside out of the night and that following the two strangers was still a better plan than anything else she could think of at the moment. 

Audra followed like a swift, light breeze down the hall, keeping close to the walls, as the country woman and professor hadn't noticed her yet. As the woman approached the stairs, the man's pace quickened (which did only so much considering his decrepit physical condition) and he was approaching her just as another woman descended from the stairs. Audra paused a moment, curiously assessing the situation. There was something about the cloaked woman that was familiar somehow....

What is it?

Audra couldn't quite put her finger on it, but her thoughts were interrupted as the woman addressed the professor, telling him that he was wanted by the Dean. The woman was obviously trying to get rid of him, but the elderly man didn't seem to notice as he came hurrying after his own manner back towards her. Audra hugged the wall a little closer, worried about being spotted and interrogated concerning what she was doing, for which she had no good answer, but Professor Augustine hurried past without a second glance, leaving the farm girl to breath out a small sigh of relief. 

Making her way a little closer, Audra could better hear the conversation between the two women..

"[color=8dc73f]I'm here to see the Dean, I s'pose? Maybe? I have a problem and I wan- would like it fixed 'fore I go back to Diedremere.[/color]"

[color=f7941d][i]Diedremere? She's from home![/i][/color] Audra felt a small burst of excitement at the mention of her hometown, followed quickly by a slight pang of homesickness that she cut off immediately. This was no time to be feeling doubts - she was on the cusp of the adventure she had always sought and hopefully close to discovering the meaning of her dream. Audra snapped her attention back to the conversation she was eavesdropping on as the cloaked woman lowered her hood,

"[color=6D7B8D]Oh... I... could show you to the Dean's office, but if you want to know more about the dreams you've been having, I would suggest coming with me... 'fore you go to see him, that is.[/color]"

Audra jumped slightly with a gasp at the mention of dreams. This country woman was having them too? Or were they even talking about the same dream? And how did this woman know about that anyways? It was in that moment that something clicked in the farm girl's mind. She knew why the woman had something familiar about her. 

[i]It was her voice.... It was this woman's voice that had resonated in and through Audra's dream...[/i]

Audra had unthinkingly stepped delicately forward, her curiosity pulling her towards [color=6D7B8D]Rowena[/color] like the wind pushes a sail.