valerie is sort of a mess at this point in her life. she basically spent her entire life doing what her parents wanted her to do, only to finally break that mold when she was in college and has been on a path of self-discovery since. she's essentially a type b personality that has been forced into being a type a most of her life. as a result, she's fairly neurotic and tends to fall into the voice of reason role toward her friends. her sense of humor is either dad jokes or dark millennial humor, she's pretty clever, but on the flip side she can be pretty negative/cynical and hypercritical, not just toward others but herself too. maybe they're on their way to rebuilding their friendship as adults?