Judai manages to hide a wince. Not because of the bad news, exactly—but if the person Tiaghae was looking for has also aged like this, that's...going to be a thing.

"I heard..."

He pauses there, because he's kind of heard a lot of things.

"Uh—Sentry ships are supposed to..." Y'know, be safe from the weird stuff out there. But he's not entirely sure that saying so is tactful. "Well, they're equipped against stuff...right?"