It is too late now for a change of tactics and so Josephine must continue down the path of aggression. She at least has the advantage of having made the first move, but is not quite so conceited enough to believe that having done so will be enough for her to win this game.

Still, the thrill of competition is enough to sustain her for the moment. "When you put it like that, perhaps it is not so strange. Yet, there are many people here who would be alarmed by meeting people from different countries."

It is only a matter of centuries since the Qunari arrived, after all.