Or..?

[Letting her eyes wander around once more, she shares her own thoughts:]

It doesn't look like there's been an attack, so either the people are hiding, or something non-violent scared them away... or maybe, it was time for their Crossing.

[That last possibility makes her frown. This place looks very lived in, but so did their own shelters in each location so far, didn't they? Could it really be that they've stumbled upon another group's lodgings?]