That would be a little more convincing if you'd heard what I was offering.

[Which is rapidly approaching nothing at this point. China assesses. Interesting accent, neither really French nor Italian. Possible he's done a lot of traveling between the two; possible he's from another world entirely. The way he's reacting suggests he knows her, but that's off. He's a bit too wary, she thinks, for someone who knows her only by reputation, and what should be an innocuous gesture to interlace her fingers earns a tense reaction like he expects the weaponized energy that can follow.]

[She's missing something vital, and she doesn't like it. So she pushes, and keeps her hands right where they are.]

Tell me, what is it that's worse than wandering blindly through a strange city and world?