[Ezio understands. It's why they can speak so freely together, why two very singular men are able to lead the brotherhood here in such harmony. They've learned their lessons through blood and loss, and gained a wisdom that cannot be found any other way.]

It was. Nine lives in exchange for mine. With each life I took, a rank was restored to me, and I came to understand more of the brotherhood that bound Crusaders and Saracens together.

[One by one they had opened his eyes, until the last bit of blindness was removed with the revelation of Al Mualim's betrayal.]

And then, when it was done, I came for him.