On the worst kind of anniversary

[shirley_templar]

Okay, mun? This? This...was a terrible idea. I mean...yeah I saved the world and everything on this day, but did you forget the part where I died? Horribly, and in horrific pain to boot. It's been four years, I doubt anyone remembers or even cares about what I did. At least tell me that you're gonna go see that new movie with Subject 18...what's his name...Callum? Because I know you're gonna as soon as you can.

And hey, don't feel bad about letting me drop at that place you had me. I liked it there on account of the whole "being alive" thing, but I know you were having trouble keeping up. Maybe in a month or two you can send me to this other place you're looking at, yeah?

Just...don't take on more than you can handle, and don't worry about me in the mean time. Your head's as good a place as any to dodge the whole "death" thing.

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[loyalrebel]

I know first hand the prices we pay in the pursuit of the Pieces.

[He sighs]

Knowing what comes to pass? I would have seen to the destruction of the Apple and whatever others we got our hands on.

[shirley_templar]

Well and like...it isn't like there weren't good things that came from the Apple. Just look at what Altaïr did when he had it, writing the Codex, and what Leonardo da Vinci did with it. We would've never found the Grand Temple if he hadn't gone looking for the Temple of Pythagoras, and I never would've even gotten the door open if I hadn't found Ezio's Apple in Rome.

[He waves a hand]

But I get what you mean. Almost makes me wish I could see the argument between Cain and Able over the Apples, figure out what the hell went wrong. Like...yeah there's the philosophy, free will versus control, but what pushed Cain into thinking that controlling people was the only way to achieve peace?

[loyalrebel]

And if Altair had listened to Maria and I about getting rid of it, Abbas likely would not have done as he did to try and get his hands on it. If Al Mualim had not wanted it, my brother would not have died and I would have both arms.

At what point does the good stop outweighing the tragedies?

[Malik just sighs.]

It is an old argument that will only end when the fighting over it becomes more than either side can survive.

[shirley_templar]

Hey, the Solar Maximum was still gonna happen either way, you know? If we'd never gotten our hands on that stuff, we never would've known, and I wouldn't have known how to stop it. I know it's just an excuse, but I've gotta believe all of that horrible shit happened for some kind of reason. The things Juno showed me...it could've happened to us.

[He shakes his head.]

One of these days we'll get smart. At least...I'm hoping we will.

[loyalrebel]

There are always dozens of possibilities, we can only really chose one and hope it is the wisest of them.

[There's a bit of a laugh.]

I believe that there is some sort of agent in a black suit from a movie that says something about that. A person can be smart but people as a whole are unprepared for the truths of the world.