Hermione's explained her world so many times that she can't help but feel as though she should simply publish pamphlets, but then, maybe compiling all of this different information can serve a similar purpose. She can go on forever about her world, but right now, what matters is the other rifters and what they have to say.

"Floating... eyes?" Frowning, she pauses in her writing and looks up at him as he speaks. "I can more or less figure out what most of those are... assuming you're not talking about anything stranger than disembodied eyes simply... floating around. Do you have any lore as to where these creatures came from? Thedas has a rich history behind darkspawn, for instance. And are they sentient, or pretty much just another sort of animal?"