"I doubt it," said the hooded figure - who'd been sitting at the bar of the tavern, next to the only open seat, before Mara had arrived there.

Her voice was that of a relatively younger woman.

Yep.  Cloaked person is melodramatic teenager.  Mara had privately thought as much, which was why she'd sat down there instead of turning around to go home.

"I doubt it," says the hooded figure sitting next to Mara at the bar of the tavern.  She'd already been sitting there, next to the only open seat, before Mara had arrived.

Her voice is that of a relatively younger woman.

"I doubt it," says the hooded figure sitting next to Mora at the bar of the tavern.  She'd already been sitting there, next to the only open seat, before Mora had arrived.

Her voice is that of a relatively younger woman.