Okay , better idea.  No'lien is delivering a message to Fort Daxio and on way back, encounters Keri.    No'lien was sent to Fort Daxio because she would be considered a secure messenger.  How they meet is that she is attacked by some creature and Keri comes to help.  No'lien's horse becomes monster food, so now she has to walk the rest of the way back.<br/><br/>How about that?