[Barnaby lets him go without resistance; he'd accomplished what he needed to, which is to get Gen out of his face. He's still curious about his injury, but pressing the matter won't get him anywhere.]

I made a mistake, behaving as I did in Venera. That was punished and corrected accordingly. [He says, toneless, not betraying any hint of the suffering that had involved, how it had broken him in. He simply says it as if delivering a factual report.]

If you still have ire for me, take it up with the Regent, who has chosen to grant me a second chance. I have no further reason to fight with you, unless you insist on giving me one.