[ He did not show any squeamishness about taking someone's life, but he cannot ignore the relief it gives him that he will not be expected to assassinate anyone on this mission. He chooses his deaths more carefully than he did in the past. The Assassins fight for peace in all things, or so his mentor had told him before his betrayal. Now he is left sorting lies from truth, without a connection to those left at home. The Creed commands him to be wise; he hopes he can be. ]

That is what I hoped to hear. I would rather it not come to that if I can help it. If for nothing else than because it is difficult to kill a man and escape the confines of an isolated fortress.

[ ...on the moon. Sometimes that fact comes crashing down on him without warning. Eking out a life on the surface of an airless celestial body is not something a man of his time would regularly ponder. ]

And if we can slip in before the Initiative and its loyal followers have a chance to stop us, all the better.