The phrase 'look at what the cat dragged in' is one Nadine heard often growing up. And this guy? Is pretty much exactly what that phrase was coined to describe. He looks rough. Like a street fighter just in from a night of illegal back alley boxing. She's not going to ask.

He also seems vaguely mortified at finding her here. That's...slightly promising, at least.

"I...don't know. But I've met the other two people who are sleeping here, so you might be in the right place after all. Apparently the land of Thorne is very pro-coed arrangements. Or someone made a mistake and didn't know 'Nadine' is a woman's name."

Because if this man - another intimidating, imposing looking stranger - is rooming her, Nadine is officially the only woman in this room.

"This is Room Two."