Amused or not, it's still clear that Padparadscha intends to pay them a compliment, which surely must mean that they approve of Antarcticite's choice. They brighten with a visible smile, though something in the elder gem's words still leaves them looking a little puzzled. For a moment they don't say anything else, but wander over to stand next to Padparadscha and consider the hydroponic garden that they've been tending.

The question comes out of them anyway, though. "What do you mean?" they ask, though it isn't as though Padparadscha's reply was vague. "You don't think the Sentry are competent?"