"Fair point." Julian can't concern himself with it now--if she asks, she asks. It doesn't mean he has to tell her. And he can certainly deal with angry Klingons.

"You've done your time, I think. The penal colony isn't a terrible place, from what I've heard, though." At least, his father hasn't complained overly much--which Julian was sure he would have. Perhaps. He didn't seem to know his father as well as he thought he did.

"I'm certainly glad that you all made it. We...had to stop looking. When the war kicked up in earnest." He hopes Tom isn't angry about that.