Can a thousand year old civilisation crumble within a fraction of that time? Can the very rules that bind and guide the society be it's destruction? There are so many unanswered questions, so many things she must know before she passes off. If not her then who will let the world know the truth no matter how dangerous it is to find.
After all, the more you know is the more dangerous you become in the eyes of those who do not wish for you to know.