She's staring at the tablet as if he's handed her something alien. Those had become standard issue even here on Barrayar at least where they could be afforded. The planets colonized that would find this level of tech unusual is an obscure enough list that Duv would have to look it up. Even then the colonizers would have come from a more advanced planet.

He frowns as he watches her, patiently waiting to see where her reading takes her. Something about her expression has him concerned that she isn't going to find what she's searching for.

"That happened over a thousand years ago," he replies carefully and watches her intently for her reaction. What she's implying would be impossible and he wonders if this is an elaborate ruse by one of Barrayar's enemies. Cetaganda? They would have the time for something this pointless and strange to send a message.