No. It's one of the reason I accepted this job. I want to be familiar with as much of the land as possible.

[This isn't his home, but he wants to treat it as such. He hadn't known every rock, every bush, every twist and turn in every path of the Holy Land, but he'd known as many as possible. Even if his real work meant knowing and blending in with every corner of the cities, it had been important, and doubtless saved his life more than once.]

And it's work worth doing. I'd rather protect the people than take up arms on their behalf.

[Given the amount of weaponry he's carrying right now, one could argue that the two prospects are much the same. Altaïr would not agree.]