He merely raises a brow at Kaidan's first comment. It's a feeling Duv knows well given how everyone he's spoken with that's non-Cetagandan has no idea where they are or who has them hostage. The former he could pin down as galactics not caring about what many view as a backwater empire, but not knowing the Cetagandan Empire was another story. It left him with the nagging concern that Cetaganda was messing with far more than they opt to be.

"Aliens," he repeats with a shake of his head. "You're fortunate there aren't any Betan scientists here, they've been searching the Nexus for any signs of non-human life." And would hound Kaidan far more than Duv would for more information about his universe. "I imagine the fallout from such a war is ongoing decades later."