That smile on Altaïr's face, rare as it seems in the time they've known each other, says much even before the words follow. It's a testament to time spent together, Claude thinks, and trust built to this point and all the others.

"I remember, which makes it all the more valuable. Being here is certainly good for that, though I hope you do get to return home and accomplish what you left behind before coming here. Not that I'm wishing you away or anything, for the record."

Just in case the Singularity has any ideas, and since it's more that he understands the importance of leaving in the midst of an inopportune time. A beat goes by and then, with a smirk, since he's teasing and well aware this is prodding a bit at a sore point from past talks though it's something Claude's been glad to learn otherwise on, he adds: "If it helps, I'm glad to have been mostly wrong about all assassins being the same. You've proven that wrong and then some."