The party gathers women and supplies and Katarina then guides the women, at a much slower pace, back to their village safely and sound. By the breaking of dawn, the party reaches Alana's home village. Where she gets an hour or two to say her goodbyes as now as a slave she is going away where Hiroshi desires to go, to which Katarina reminds the caravan only waits a day or two, and thus they can stay and rest in Alana's village (celebrations and what not provided by grateful locals) and press on early in next day to reach caravan before it departs. Or head caravan now and rest in the wilderness as no doubt fatigue starts to set into the party at that point but have shorter time reach caravan in first light.