Lakcis:
They wouldn't let me go with them because of the ever-present threat of attack in Ye Sagira. Oh well - I am a scholar, and am quite useless with both sword and spell, so perhaps their caution was warranted.
That said, they worry that scholars will interfere with their work, but rangers cannot study, nor comprehend or analyze. And if we do not analyze the ruins, how will we proceed?
"They have to use their heads instead of their bodies..."