Hit the road Jack

She answered his call belatedly, her breath steaming in the newly chilly fall morning air. "Well met," Theo said, dipping her head for a moment to greet the warrior-professor. "I suppose you've called me for a reason, yes?" The Headmistress sat before him. The Rapids droned on quietly in the background, a constant musical soundtrack. Surrounding the pair were newly frosted fall leaves, glinting in the sunlight. The season was turning into that splendid last stretch where things weren't yet uncomfortably cold, but you could begin to see winter's thin fingers taking a firmer hold on the land.