"Uh." For all his criticism of the Empire, Joe does not appear to know much about airships. "Think there was some damage to the engine when the crystal cracked so they went on backup power." This seems to be as specific as he's getting.

"Dude..."

Joe's face pops up from beneath Shu.

"This is a meat processing plant. They're, uh."

He tries to give a shrug with his face that conveys, 'just doing my job' and also 'don't flay my carcass.' Shu sighs lightly.

Now they have returned to ground level, they can see through the opening beyond the grate. It is... relatively clean, although it doesn't seem as if the stains can ever be completely removed. The pathway that the cows are brought down lead to a final, small enclosure, beyond which are many rows of hooks currently absent any carcasses.

"...Last batch's already gone out on the trucks."