Somebody from some completely other planet, if they might shortly announce that they were Foreigners, might decide to do that in front of multiple friendly people to avoid being suddenly disappeared.

This is not the usual trope in dath ilan fiction, however.  Dath ilan fictions tend to assume that the Others are themselves well-coordinated or have at most a small defecting faction.  So the polite thing to do, if you're announcing yourself as a Foreigner, is to announce yourself privately in case they deem you an infohazard or want to classify info about you -- as sensible Governances may well want to do for any number of perfectly well-intentioned reasons.

Any de novo reasoning about this nonfictional experience, which would suggest that Othrem behave in some other way than a fiction protagonist, is not something he has consciously reasoned out at this point.

Somebody from some completely other planet, if they might shortly announce that they were Foreigners, might decide to do that in front of multiple friendly people to avoid being suddenly disappeared.

This is not the usual trope in dath ilan fiction, however.  Dath ilan fictions tend to assume that the Others are themselves well-coordinated or have at most a small defecting faction.  So the polite thing to do, if you're announcing yourself as a Foreigner, is to announce yourself privately in case they deem you an infohazard or want to classify info about you -- as sensible Governances may well want to do for any number of perfectly well-intentioned reasons.

Any de novo reasoning about this here new nonfictional experience, which would suggest that Othrem behave in some other way than a fiction protagonist, is not something he has consciously reasoned out at this point.

Somebody from some completely other planet, if they might shortly announce that they were Foreigners, might decide to do that in front of multiple friendly people to avoid being suddenly disappeared.

This is not the usual trope in dath ilan fiction, however.  Dath ilan fictions tend to assume that the Others are themselves well-coordinated or have at most a small defecting faction.  If the Others are going to turn on you in the first place, having more Others in the room won't help.  So the polite thing to do, if you're announcing yourself as a Foreigner, is to announce yourself privately in case they deem you an infohazard or want to classify info about you -- as sensible Governances may well want to do for any number of perfectly well-intentioned reasons.

Any de novo reasoning about this here new nonfictional experience, which would suggest that Othrem behave in some other way than a fiction protagonist, is not something he has consciously reasoned out at this point.

Somebody from some completely other planet, if they might shortly announce that they were Foreigners, might decide to do that in front of multiple friendly people to avoid being suddenly disappeared.

This is not the usual trope in dath ilan fiction, however.  Dath ilan fictions tend to assume that the Others are themselves well-coordinated or have at most a small dissenting faction.  If the Others are going to turn on you in the first place, having more Others in the room won't help.  So the polite thing to do, if you're announcing yourself as a Foreigner, is to announce yourself privately in case they deem you an infohazard or want to classify info about you -- as sensible Governances may well want to do for any number of perfectly well-intentioned reasons.

Any de novo reasoning about this here new nonfictional experience, which would suggest that Othrem behave in some other way than a fiction protagonist, is not something he has consciously reasoned out at this point.