Liem is correct and Tristan nods his head in the other man's direction. The Regent may be a tyrant, a despot, but their actions are always pointed. He won't make the mistake of underestimating them.

"My grandmother," he says. "I sent her to stay with a friend. As you can see why..."

He makes no attempt to hide the sneer the bears towards the guards on the floor. The blows he has dealt to them will heal with time, nothing more than what was necessary to incapacitate them both. Barnaby and Meteion should find their ministrations sufficient to stabilize them.

"And I do know why. But how much do you know? What has the Regent told you of the rightful patron of this city?"