"The Chantry don't even accept mages and elves and other people from within their own world," Hermione stated, tone just a bit sterner than it should be. But it wasn't directed towards Kirk himself; rather, it was meant to show her distaste for the Chantry, especially when it was so similar to the way dominant religions in her world seemed to run everything in particular regions, excluding those who didn't follow along on blind faith. "If you as a researcher took time to learn who was in charge and opted to speak with them privately and peaceably, maybe you could explain your position and your goals and have the full cooperation of the people you were observing. But I understand basic research. You risk changing the nature of what you're observing simply by virtue of observing it."

Still, she liked to believe in reason above all, and while the Chantry had been described to her as being filled with some of the most hard-headed, bigoted fools one could ever meet, she also believed that anyone could be reasoned with, with enough time and patience. Of course, it was hard to be granted the appropriate time when most people's patience ran out at assuming that anything that came out of a rift was a demon.

She burrowed in against Kirk a little at that squeeze, shaking her head and commenting, "Between you and me, I don't know that you would have survived here if you'd tried living by such a rule. This doesn't seem like a good time for newcomers to arrive in Thedas without being utterly transparent, so I doubt any attempt at secrecy would have ended well for you."