As far as he's aware eclipses are generally the sort of thing that it's easiest to be awake through. Provided it's happening on the right portion of the planet of course, and even then he can't say that he's familiar with Hawke's preferred schedule. So he simply takes her at her word and moves on to the rest of the conversation.

Which suddenly and abruptly reminds him of the Borg a little bit more than he'd like, although there isn't usually any harm to letting a Borg drone bleed on someone. Letting them get their hands on someone, yes. And the beginning stages of conversion could definitely be considered 'drawing blood'.

"I can imagine it would be, yes. Especially if people were still arriving while the problem was being dealt with."