I'm so glad! And yeah I think due to the break in communication AJ never really got that the problem wasn't exactly her specifically. She took it personally and thought she wasn't even allowed to help, so she split. So yeah there's definitely two sides to that event.
I think that Clem would've heard, for sure. I guess Pepper will be the thing that unites them, because she and Pepper got really close; Pep's a feisty little thing, and at 12 she already carries a weapon so things don't go exactly like they went with Clem. She feels a little guilty that Clem couldn't protect herself and she couldn't protect her either.
Let's see, plotting; I think she's freshly arriving on her sexy motorbike with Pepper in the back and will start asking about Clem like in an RPG: the "tavern" first. xD