<div class="floatright">(http://imageshack.us/a/img855/5968/dawnjp.jpg)</div><br/>After getting her drink, Valerie moved over to him with a smile, taking a seat opposite him.  "Hard night last night, huh?" she asked, sipping at the drink and giving him a chance to respond.  Although obviously curious, she was also doing her best to be friendly, allowing him a chance to bring things up in conversation and not jump straight into it unless he got evasive.