He should, in all honesty, be commended for how adroit he is at waiting. It is not in the blood of Valentine Nicasius Maxence Mérovée Olivier de Foncé to wait. A de Foncé does not wait. But as Val has successfully rejected most trappings of his upbringing, so has he trained himself toward a kind of patience.
Which means that he does arrive at the tavern first, and secures for himself a mug of ale (as the wine is still of a woeful vintage not worth his time, a fact which Val is very well-informed on, having charmed a serving girl into agreeing to inform him the moment a decent Antivan red should arrive).
All of which means that, when Josephine does arrive, she arrives to find him quite relaxed at a table all his own, leafing through a journal as if he is lunching on a terrace in Orlais instead of a tavern in Skyhold. No guesses as to who he is. He is well-dressed--not ostentatiously, but still very put-together. And he has a very nice ring on his right thumb. Rich boy.]
trips in four days late without starbucks sorry
He should, in all honesty, be commended for how adroit he is at waiting. It is not in the blood of Valentine Nicasius Maxence Mérovée Olivier de Foncé to wait. A de Foncé does not wait. But as Val has successfully rejected most trappings of his upbringing, so has he trained himself toward a kind of patience.
Which means that he does arrive at the tavern first, and secures for himself a mug of ale (as the wine is still of a woeful vintage not worth his time, a fact which Val is very well-informed on, having charmed a serving girl into agreeing to inform him the moment a decent Antivan red should arrive).
All of which means that, when Josephine does arrive, she arrives to find him quite relaxed at a table all his own, leafing through a journal as if he is lunching on a terrace in Orlais instead of a tavern in Skyhold. No guesses as to who he is. He is well-dressed--not ostentatiously, but still very put-together. And he has a very nice ring on his right thumb. Rich boy.]