on apping plans to City of Ariel

[loyalrebel]

I fail to see how this is a good plan, despite your assurances that I will "enjoy myself".

I can think of thousands of better spendings of my time than anything that you have ideas for.

Like copying over the entire library in Masyaf or teaching a cat to be a reliable messenger.

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[eagleswagger]

Truth be told, I think you could use the free time.

[loyalrebel]

Free time is for old men who cannot act anymore. There is too much to be done to sit about or indulge in dalliances.

[eagleswagger]

But then you would be old, Malik.

There's time for work, and time for dalliances. Why not indulge in both?

[loyalrebel]

If I am old then you are the one who made me so, it is an early grave that you drive me to Altaïr.

You may have time to take up every offer that saunters along but I do not have such luxuries.

[eagleswagger]

...And why not?

[loyalrebel]

Contrary to what you may think, I do have more to do than stand behind a table waiting for you to come in demanding information and feathers.

Managing the bureau of a city involves a great many things and some of them take me somewhat longer than it would others.

[eagleswagger]

You do know how delegation works, yes?

You will work yourself to death before you ever grow old, Malik.

[loyalrebel]

I do not expect to live to be old, even as I am now. I have no desire to linger about as some relic anyway.

Don't worry though, I will not go silently or easily.

[eagleswagger]

...so you would rather die chasing down a pack of Templars? That sounds like the sort of recklessness that you are forever criticizing me over.

[loyalrebel]

[SIIIIGH]

Is that what I said? No. Listen when you are told things, you have ears do you not?

[eagleswagger]

You implied that you would rather go down fighting than waste away from old age.

[loyalrebel]

Yes, but not because I made some novice mistake like walking in to a trap or nearly starting a war.

I am still perfectly capable of holding my own in combat, but I am not so delusional as to think I cannot be defeated.

[eagleswagger]

Yes, because you are so very much my elder that you feel you can treat me as your lesser. I seem to remember you actually being younger than I.

I do not doubt you can still fight. All I ask is that you do not doubt me for one mistake.

[loyalrebel]

One mistake? Altaïr you make more questionable choices than anyone I know.

If you were anyone else making them they would have ended your life.

[eagleswagger]

And yet I live.

Will you blame me for what has happened to you forever?

[loyalrebel]

I will blame the man responsible for it until he no longer exists.

That is not the only mistake you have made either, unless you have forgotten them all.

[eagleswagger]

A good reason to hunt Robert de Sable, then.

I fail to see them as "mistakes".

[loyalrebel]

His blood on a feather is the least of my desires. There are other reasons for it to be sought.

Your failure in that is why you are still a novice in the eyes of many.

[eagleswagger]

I am not a novice.

[loyalrebel]

You are when you act like one on a consistent basis.

[eagleswagger]

Novices as a whole are skittish and balk at the sight of blood. Last time I checked, I am not known for either.

[loyalrebel]

You don't spend much time with them Altaïr, otherwise you would recognize how alike you are.

They too fail to realize that their actions have repercussions within the Order, that their sheer existence not the greatest gift to those around them.

[eagleswagger]

And you speak far more than is healthy to those around you.

[loyalrebel]

It so happens to be my role to instruct and guide those who require it, and that means telling them when they act foolishly.

If you did something worthy of praise I would give it.

[eagleswagger]

A successful mission no longer qualifies as such?

[loyalrebel]

Do you want a sweet and a pat on the head for still being alive? Shall i sing the saalua away from you at night as well?

Doing the basic requirements does not warrant praise for anyone under eight.

[eagleswagger]

But Malik have you not heard from the novices? Saalua is one of my nicknames.

[loyalrebel]

Which is not something to be proud of! Your own Brothers being afraid you will kill them in their sleep or spirit them away from their homes is something you should be trying to change through displays of action that give them confidence in your willingness to help them!