It is helpful. It tells us that the victim saw their attacker coming. It wasn't an attack completely out of nowhere, and the attacker isn't capable of invisibility or some other magical stealth. Or, if they are, they chose not to use it for some reason.

[He looks in the direction they seem to have been running from. There's nothing immediately apparent there, at least at first.]

It also means that they knew the person or creature that attacked them was dangerous. Either they were already familiar with it, and knew it on sight, or there's something about its appearance or manner that might frighten someone.

[Though just coming up on someone in the darkness of night can be frightening... still, it's something to work with. And taking a moment to actually lay it out like that is helpful for Saix, too.]

I have no interest in finding a crew right now. I... am not sure the sort that would welcome me would be the sort I want to ally myself with.