I was his best student, and then his best man. It's not the same.
[If he'd thought about it at all, he'd thought Al Mualim's successor would come far in the future. The old man of the mountain had been, well, old, but nothing close to decrepit. He could have died of age many years in the future instead of with Altaïr's blade in his chest.
These very thoughts are the answer to Hilda's question, but he chooses noit to voice them. For now.]
He never spoke of future plans. It happened quickly. And I don't wish all our efforts to unravel come to nothing.
[For a moment it seems like he'll ignore the cue, oblivious to her intent, but then he moves her into a rote spin. Already he's better at fitting in with what's expected.]
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[If he'd thought about it at all, he'd thought Al Mualim's successor would come far in the future. The old man of the mountain had been, well, old, but nothing close to decrepit. He could have died of age many years in the future instead of with Altaïr's blade in his chest.
These very thoughts are the answer to Hilda's question, but he chooses noit to voice them. For now.]
He never spoke of future plans. It happened quickly. And I don't wish all our efforts to unravel come to nothing.
[For a moment it seems like he'll ignore the cue, oblivious to her intent, but then he moves her into a rote spin. Already he's better at fitting in with what's expected.]