Alley makes a quiet, amused sound. "Well. That's why the Inquisition had a diplomat -- and it absolutely wasn't me."

And why Josephine had twisted herself into knots trying to coach Alley on how to behave before the whole ordeal at the Winter Palace. Or Halamshiral, as her people had known that bit of land, before the humans had thrown them all in chains for not believing in the Maker.

Maybe Solas was right to want to burn it all down. Pity she couldn't let him.