Hermione's rather enlightened view held Ariadne's interest. And she really would have enjoyed hearing more.

Ariadne had been fortunate, that she could hide who and what she was. And that the very few humanoids in her life who knew the truth didn't care. But there was a lot of hatred out there.

Too much...

But then Hermione asked her a question and she snapped back to reality. "Oh, it's very sad, really," she said. "A warlord named the Red Dragon has been taking over the realm."