[The PORTAL clicks on to show Altaïr's apartment for a few moments before it shifts over to the streets of Masyaf. Altaïr appears to be standing on a street riddled with bodies, all dressed in the familiar robes of the assassins. He blinks rapidly as if coming out of a daze and his reaction is immediate
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Monsieur?
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A quick glancing search confirms to him that no one is there and he turns back to Malik, lifting a hand to close the eyes of his best friend. He mutters a quick prayer under his breath to a God he doesn't believe in, knowing that Malik had.]
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Your fears are being used against you.
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Show yourself! Or are you afraid to face me now that I am aware? [Because obviously Promenade was had been an illusion brought on by the Apple]
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I'm sorry.
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There is no need. This is your past, right?
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So it would seem, though I do not remember this happening. Perhaps this is what that city hid from me. The slaughter of my brothers and sisters as I stood by unable to help. It seems as if my resisting my Master's will was but a delusion.
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It's....humbling to see the man break down and call out to one she knows has made a serious impact on his life. She knows this is not really and she swallows slowly before calling out to the Master Assassin.]
Altaïr, this is not real. You saved Masyaf, I've seen it. This is just an hallucination...
[She waits, hoping the man will at least respond to his name.]
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Lucy's voice does temporarily jolt him into a state of awareness, but when he fails to identify her or the PORTAL being close to him he slips back under the power of the hallucination.]
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Bless the PORTAL for having a GPS and tracking program: it helps her locate Altaïr far quicker than any other ways. When she finds him, she approaches him with great caution, knowing that the toxin is still potent and that the Syrian might see her as an enemy.]
Altaïr. I'm Lucy, do you remember me? I welcomed you here. I am a Sister to you...[And so saying, she raises her left hand, her ring finger bent into her palm, just like she did when meeting him for the first time a few weeks ago.]
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But he shifts a bit, lowering Malik's head onto his lap before he addresses her.]
Lucy, sister. How did you survive? Who did this? Did you see them? I must know!
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