Sargent? How very authoritative of you. [Vastra smiles, looking perhaps a smidgeon more amused than the title and James' appearance warrants. In truth, she finds such titles to be amusing purely because she's never been in a situation where anyone with a title did some good. Even the head inspector at Scotland Yard couldn't keep his pest problem under control... Humans liked titles though, silly as they were.] I am Madame Vastra. 'Ma'am' or 'Vastra' is fine, whichever you prefer.

[She shrugs easily, her hands never leaving her hip or the sword.] Where I am originally from, most did not use this weapon either. However perspectives change when little else is available. I don't suspect you would run at an enemy with an antique sword, much the same I would not run at an enemy with an antique firearm that requires reloading.