"I mean it's too convenient for you to get lost in the desert and end up right by our camp. We shouldn't bother ransoming you, we should just kill you and be done with it.

[But the man makes no move for the weapon strapped to his hip. He's frowning, clearly frustrated, but Altaïr doesn't sense the rise of imminent violence. And he's very, very good at that.]

So why don't you do exactly that? You're the only one around. None of your companions could stop you before the deed was done.