Valerie's little trek through the mountains had seemed to take longer and take more out of her than she would have wanted to believe, though she did finally approach the group of people ahead of her to find the woman she had met earlier, as well as to find a gorgeous young woman tending to the man she had already spoken to.  Assuming things were better now and done with the fighting, she took her hand off her sword and walked up to the assembled group.  "Well...  It seems my trip through the mountains has made me a little late for the action.  On the bright side, now I believe there is plenty of time for me to learn what the situation going on around here."  She said with a nervous grin.