[The words said, along with the silence that follows, answers everything Ezio has feared. He knew, somehow, that what had happened was terrible, but had never asked. It was not his time, and he did not want to anger Malik in prying in something that was not his affair.]

No. Nor did Kadar, whenever we spoke. [Ezio is silent for a moment, considering his words.] I did not ask for a number of reasons, and neither seemed willing to speak of it.

[The twisting from before has turned into a knot and firmly sinks with dread, the Italian already expecting the worst to come.]