"I wouldn't know about her ideals, but so long as she isn't advocating for anything I find particularly abhorrent, I'd be glad to make her acquaintance." Granted, Hermione found all sorts of things particularly abhorrent, most of them being things that Vivienne held dear, but she could hardly know that right now.

"At any rate, I'm sure you'll get enough talk about influence and allies and all that sort of thing while you're here tonight, so I wouldn't want to keep you preoccupied, especially since I'm sure you could win all sorts of people over to the Inquisition's side."