Without context, she couldn't know he wasn't being entirely upfront, and so the TARDIS took what he said at face value, though it came with its own concerns. Not only because any creature that irritated Dukat so fully was worrisome to her, but because the possibility existed that she might, indeed, have a chance to meet him. Being out of phase did not necessarily translate to being in a body, and solving one was not guaranteed to solve the other.

It was an unpleasant thought, to be certain.

"There is no if," she said finally, struggling to keep the worry from her face. It was etched into her features, however, no matter how hard she tried not to dwell. "I will return you to your crew so that you might jettison him as you desire. We need only find the source." She drew herself up to full height, fingers dancing over the console with familiar ease. "I want to see that fluctuation spike again. Perhaps we can pinpoint where it manifested. From there we should be able to find the source of the anomaly and restore the phased components. That should be our priority."