Barnaby's expression softens in sympathy. He understands all too well what it's like to have family assassinated, and even if Tristan never knew Helico personally, to suffer under the Regent's influence since then is the kind of thing that would scar a family for generations.

"Then it's all the more reason for you to flee. It might seem like you're abandoning Venera now, but you stand a better chance at saving the city's future in the long term, if you wait to return when the time is right."