Nothing in the history of the universe has gotten done by laying low, in Jim's opinion (and your mileage may vary with that one). There's too much conspiracy going around lately, and not nearly enough reasonable communication. Would it actually hurt any of the natives to know the truth about their world, would they suffer so much being bullied into peace talks vs all these riots? Or would it just anger the Natha?

Things to contemplate at length later.

"That was kind of them," sounds sincere, and it is. Jim doesn't actually know enough about religious types to be sarcastic about it.