[Much longer than a year. The Head must know Vergil's alive - he still has the chip in his head, surely.]

You have a crime family to keep you hidden. [To a certain degree. He stares hard at the chain-like motif wending its way up towards an actual brand in the skin.] Most of the rest of us haven't found anything like that - we're at the mercy of the city and we need to survive the year without the Heart putting us in danger every time it tries to convince us it can win a revolution.

[Not all of the Heart are consiglieri for the crime families - but nevertheless, they've all survived for a while, even with the Heart's reckless methods.]

There's a difference between being the right side and being the good side. That's what I'm still not sure about.