Josephine been told that visiting this... cult, for lack of a better term (and it may have been an accurate term, though she would never use it, at least in front of the faithful) would be safe, as long as she avoided the rift. There were potentially allies to be found here, and without the Herald as the face of the Inquisition, there were few she trusted to start such talks more than herself.

And so here she was, sitting inside the tavern with one hand on a drink and another rubbing her temple. These people were extremely uncooperative-demanding proof that the Herald had control over the rifts, which was clearly something Josephine would be unable to prove. No amount of persuasion or promise for support of their own brand of religion seemed to be getting through to them despite her best efforts. At least she had company, though-Cassandra and Cullen would have never allowed her to come here alone, even if Leliana would have had enough faith in her to see it done on her own.