"Who says all the natives like the status quo? Why can't we actually start teaching people and introducing concepts like democracy? It'd be dangerous, sure, but this whole thing has proven that, at least in Wyver, some natives are against this pointless feud. The biggest obstacle seems to be that the Natha don't want us to blow our cover."

And legit, w h y. Jim is so skeptical, and maybe it's unfair, but he's been dicked around by an omnipotent multidimensional being before, and his trust for this kind of thing is basically at zero.