21st century conversations

Over the course of his training to become an Assassin, Desmond Miles had various conversations with several different people.

Assassin's Creed

While being held captive at Abstergo Industries, Desmond secretly had multiple conversations with Lucy Stillman, Dr. Vidic's assistant. Before each Animus session, he would also have conversations with Vidic, who would discuss certain details of Abstergo's goals.

First Time

• Lucy: We’ve got a problem. I can’t anchor him to the memory. Too much psychological trauma. He’s rejecting the treatment. Retreating.
• Vidic: Desmond. I need you to relax. Focus. Listen to the sound of my voice. Recognize that what you're seeing isn't real. Just a picture of the past. It can't hurt you.
• Lucy: Let me try in treatment... Damn it! It’s not working.
• Vidic: Give him a moment, Ms. Stillman. He'll adjust. The first time’s never easy.
• Lucy: We’re losing him.
• Vidic: That's enough, Ms. Stillman!
• Lucy: We need to pull him out. NOW.
• Vidic: Alright. In three... two...
• Lucy: You ok?
• Vidic: I told you he'd be fine.
• Desmond (gasping): BASTARDS!
• Vidic: Now, now, I just saved your life.
• Desmond: Saved my life?! You kidnapped me! You strapped me into that... THING!
• Vidic: Animus. It's an Animus.
• Desmond: I don't even know you people! Why are you doing this to me?
• Vidic: You have information that we need, Mr. Miles.
• Desmond: Information?! I'm a bartender, for Christ's sake! What do want me to do, teach you how to mix a Martini?!
• Vidic: We know who you are; what you are.
• Desmond: I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
• Vidic: Don't play coy with me, there isn't time. You're an Assassin; and whether you realize it or not, you've got something my employers want, locked away in that head of yours.
• Desmond: I am not an Assassin! Not anymore!
• Vidic: Yes, your file indicated as much. Something about an escape. Most fortunate for us.
• Desmond: What do you want from me?!
• Vidic (flatly): For you to do as you're told. The Animus will allow us to locate what we need. Once we have it, you'll be free to go.
• Desmond: Oh hell no! I am not going back in there!
• Vidic: You have no say in the matter. If you refuse, then we'll induce a coma, and continue our work. When we're done, you'll be left to die. Truth be told, the only reason you're still conscious is because this approach saves us time.
• Desmond: You're sick!
• Vidic: So what's it to be, Mr. Miles? Live or die? (A pause, then demandingly) Lie down!

Synchronization

• Vidic: A wise decision.
• Desmond: Where am I?
• Vidic: You're inside the Animus.
• Desmond: Which is..?
• Vidic: It's a projector that renders genetic memories in three dimensions.
• Desmond (clueless): Genetic memory?
• Vidic (disgusted): Seems you'll need a bit of a tutorial. Very well, we'll start simple. What is a memory, Mr. Miles?
• Desmond: It's a...recollection of a past event.
• Vidic: Specific to the individual remembering the event.
• Desmond: Yeah, sure.
• Vidic (chuckling wryly): What if I told you that the human body housed not only an individual's memory, but the memories of his ancestors as well? Genetic memory, if you will. Migration, hibernation, reproduction. How is it that animals know where and when to go? What to do and when to do it?
• Desmond (unimpressed): That's just animal instinct, Doc.
• Vidic: Now you're just arguing semantics, Mr. Miles. Whatever you call it, the fact remains. These creatures hold knowledge as of the requisite first-hand experience. I've spent the past thirty years trying to understand why. I've discovered something most fascinating. Our DNA functions as an archive. It contains not only genetic instructions passed down from previous generations, but memories as well. The memories of our ancestors.
• Desmond: And the Animus lets you decode and read these DNA files.
• Vidic: Precisely.
• Lucy: But there’s a problem. This is the specific memory we’re trying to access. Unfortunately, when we try and open the memory, your mind withdraws. You lack the confidence to step into your ancestor’s body. That’s what happened earlier. You got knocked out of the target memory and pushed back to a more stable state.
• Desmond: Why?
• Lucy: It’s your subconscious. It’s resisting. We found similar reactions among patients who undergo hypnosis to relive traumatic events. They can’t jump directly into the specific memory. They need to be eased in. Even then, there can be problems.
• Desmond: So how do we fix it?
• Lucy: We find a memory you can synchronize with and move forward from there. You’ll get used to it. This is the closest we can get; so, it’s where we’ll have to start. I’m uploading the tutorial program now.

Breaks

• Vidic: He’s experiencing a far better adoption rate than the other subjects.
• Lucy: I’m still pulling him out. He’s been in there way too long.
• Vidic: No, not yet! We're still so far from where we need to be.
• Lucy: We shouldn’t risk it.
• Vidic: What's another hour or two?!
• Lucy: Why don’t we discuss this in the conference room? Give Desmond a minute to stretch his legs.
• Vidic: I really don't see the need-
• Lucy: Warren, please.
• Vidic: Fine!

(as heard through the ventilation)

• Vidic: I don't appreciate you questioning my authority in front of the prisoner. There’s a word for that. I believe it's called insubordination.
• Lucy: And I don’t appreciate you trying to kill him. There’s a word for that too. I believe it’s called stupid.
• Vidic: Lucy! This isn't my decision. I don't set the deadlines, but at least I'm smart enough not to challenge them! Do you want to wind up like Leila?
• Lucy: I know the accident had everyone on edge.
• Vidic: Which is why we don't have time to coddle him!
• Lucy: If you push him too hard, he’ll shut down. And then, we’ll have nothing!
• Vidic: We have nothing now!
• Lucy: But we will. You just need to have a little faith.
• Vidic: Fine. But I want you to try and find ways to improve his staying power. We can't afford to stop every time the man breaks a sweat! It's bad enough that we have to traipse through these useless memories!
• Lucy: I’ll do what I can.

The Farm

• Lucy: So, you’re really an Assassin? Like Altaïr?
• Desmond: Yes... and no.
• Lucy: What do you mean?
• Desmond: I was supposed to be one. But I ran away from “The Farm” when I was 16.
• Lucy: Farm?
• Desmond: Yeah, that's what they called the place where I grew up. "The Farm." Like Masyaf, I guess, only not so, uh... creepy. Just a small desert community out in the middle of nowhere. About 30 of us living, you know, off the grid.
• Lucy: Why?
• Desmond: I thought my parents were a bunch of crazy hippies who wanted to stick it to the man, you know. My dad was always going on about, our enemies, how we have to be prepared. But... no one ever came. Nothing ever happened.
• Lucy: Why did you run away?
• Desmond: I could never leave the compound. Do you have any idea what it's like being stuck in a place, knowing there's a whole world out there you'll never get to see?
• Lucy: Don’t you miss your parents?
• Desmond: No. As far as I'm concerned, they were never my parents. They were my wardens and I was their prisoner.
• Lucy: It sounds like they only wanted to protect you.
• Desmond: With all that's happened...I don’t know. Seems like they were right.
• Lucy: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to dredge up the past.
• Desmond: It’s all right. Gives me something to think about.
• Lucy: Try and get some sleep. We’ve got a long day ahead of us tomorrow.

Tracking

• Desmond: Got a question before I turn in.
• Lucy: Sure.
• Desmond: How did they find me? I mean, I haven't been near another Assassin in ten years.
• Lucy: Use your real name?
• Desmond: Never. Not before today.
• Lucy: Credit cards?
• Desmond: Cash only.
• Lucy: Telephone number?
• Desmond: Nobody to call.
• Lucy:Driver’s license?
• Desmond: Motorcycle. Guilty pleasure.
• Lucy: There’s your answer. Photo, fingerprint.
• Desmond: This is a drug company! What's Abstergo got to do with the DMV?!
• Lucy: Desmond, these guys are everywhere. They... I... I’m sorry. I really can’t talk about it.

The Right Idea

• Desmond (groaning): Gotta say that's a little creepy, Doc. Waking up to you standing over me. You been watching me sleep?
• Vidic: We're always watching you. Now get up. We've got a lot of work to do.
• Desmond (sarcastically): Ooh, wonder who I get to kill today.
• Vidic (tersely): Don't be so cavalier! Your ancestors almost had the right idea, Mr. Miles. If the deaths of a few people-evil people, no less-could save the lives of thousands more, well...it seems a small sacrifice.
• Desmond: What do you mean, "almost"?
• Vidic: They didn't go far enough! To use a rather tired analogy, corruption is no different than cancer. Cut out the tumors, but fail to treat the source and...well, you're buying time at best. There's no true change to be had without comprehensive, systemic intervention.
• Desmond: Chemo for the masses.
• Vidic: An education. Re-education to be more precise. But it's not easy, and it doesn't always take.
• Desmond: Let me guess; you've got a better solution. What is it?
• Vidic (chuckling): Now that would be telling.

Deadline

• Desmond: So, care to tell me who shoved the stick up his ass?
• Lucy: We have a deadline. One week... well, six days now.
• Desmond: Deadline?
• Lucy: I can’t talk about it.
• Desmond: Girl, put yourself in my shoes. I’m being held hostage by a group of scientists-at least I think you're scientists-and forced to spend all day in some crazy-ass machine. You won't tell me what you're looking for or why you want it, but I'm supposed to be thankful to you for keeping me alive. This is so FUCKED! (Lucy looks up at him) Sorry, but it is.
• Lucy: What do you want me to do?
• Desmond: Hmm, let’s see... I don't know, hmm... MAYBE GIVE ME SOME REAL ANSWERS!
• Lucy: I can’t! And it’s better this way. Safer.
• Desmond: Safer for who!?
• Lucy: Both of us!

Translation

• Desmond: Hey, you know what? I think I have a question you can actually answer.
• Lucy: What’s up?
• Desmond: Why is it that sometimes the guys in there talk like they’re from the future?
• Lucy: The future?
• Desmond: I mean the present. Now, here, today, whatever.
• Lucy: You’ve probably noticed that English has become the official language of the Holy Land.
• Desmond: Yeah, I was going to say...
• Lucy: The Animus is translating speech it deems vital into more modern English. So, expect a few anachronisms. I could probably make it more authentic, but... you ever read Chaucer?
• Desmond: Who?
• Lucy: Yeah, definitely not for you.

Abstergo

• Desmond: Can you tell me more about Abstergo? Or what goes on here, beyond the whole keeping-me-prisoner thing?
• Lucy: Abstergo is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Their primary focus is anti-depressants. There’s some info on the computer over there.
• Desmond: But you just said this wasn’t about testing a drug. So, what’s the deal?
• Lucy: I don’t like where this is going.
• Desmond: So I guess it's safe to assume the Animus isn’t a part of their public face.
• Lucy: What, you haven’t seen the commercials?
• Desmond: Oh my God! She has a sense of humor!
• Lucy: I’m sorry, Desmond. I’ve got a lot of work to do. Like I said, if you wanna know more about the company, take a look at the computer. The telecommunication stuff is particularly interesting.

Order

• Vidic: Let's go, Mr. Miles! Time's wasting!
• Desmond: Where's Lucy?
• Vidic: Oh, don't worry, she'll be with us soon enough.
• Desmond: So why are you doing this, Doc? What're you up to?
• Vidic: You turn the television on lately? Read the newspaper?
• Desmond: Never cared much for that stuff.
• Vidic: Then let me sum it up for you: The world's a mess! It's pathetic, really. You've seen it firsthand yourself. A thousand years between you and your ancestor and society remains just as barbaric, just as stupid.
• Desmond: And your point is...
• Vidic: Order, Mr. Miles. The world needs order. That is what we are working towards, and that is what you are helping us to achieve.
• Desmond (laughing): You expect me to believe you're building a better tomorrow?!
• Vidic: That's exactly what we're doing! The human race calls out for direction. People want to know why they're here, what they're meant to do with themselves, well...we're going to tell them. And once they understand how to live their lives, everything will be better.
• Desmond: Better how?
• Vidic: An end to all conflicts, large and small. Isn't that what you Assassins strive for? "Peace in all things?"
• Desmond (harshly): I told you, I'm not an Assassin.
• Vidic: Right, right.
• Desmond: I still don't know where I fit into this.
• Vidic: In time, Mr. Miles. In time, you'll understand...or you won't! I don't care either way, just as long as you show us where it is.
• Desmond: Where what is?!
• Lucy: Sorry I'm late. Are we ready?
• Vidic: Yes, we are.

Overheating

• Vidic: GODDAMMIT! What’s the problem now?
• Lucy: I’m getting weird temperature readings. I think the Animus is overheating.
• Vidic: Christ! It's ALWAYS something! How long?
• Lucy: Too soon to tell.
• Vidic: These delays are unaccaptable, Miss Stillman! I demand progress reports every hour!
• Lucy: It’s gonna be a while, Desmond. Why don’t you go lie down or something? Get some rest.

Lucy

• Desmond: Why is he always yelling at you? It’s his machine.
• Lucy: His theories. He’s not the one who built it.
• Desmond: Who did? You?
• Lucy: No, Abstergo has a team of engineers. Not much they don’t have. But I did oversee the assembly. Guess that’s why he gets so angry with me.
• Desmond: He’s a dick.
• Lucy: He’s under a lot of pressure. We all are.
• Desmond: I can’t believe you’re defending the guy.
• Lucy: Warren saved my life. So, if he wants to yell a little, let him.
• Desmond: What do you mean he saved your life?
• Lucy: You’re not the only one who doesn’t get to go home at night.
• Desmond: Wait, are you saying you’re a prisoner?
• (A pause as Lucy walks over to the chair behind the Animus.)
• Lucy: When they first approached me I was finishing up my Ph.D. The university made it clear I had no future there. They didn’t like the subject of my doctorate... called it pseudo-science. Said keeping me on would discredit and embarrass them. It was the same everywhere. Other universities... companies I interviewed with... pretty soon I was out of money and out of time. (Pinches her fingers) I was this close to waiting tables. Then, I got a letter.
• Desmond: From Vidic?
• Lucy: He said he’d been following my career since undergrad. That he believed in my work and wanted to meet to discuss my future. You have no idea how good it felt to hear that. So I met with him. What did I have to lose?
• Desmond: And he offered you a job.
• Lucy: Yes. Here at Abstergo. Helping out on the Animus project. I’d have a chance to test my theories and prove the professors wrong. How could I turn that down?
• Desmond: Think I'm missing the part where you became a prisoner.
• Lucy: Sometimes I wonder if they weren’t behind it all. If they manipulated events so I’d get desperate. They can do that. They can do anything. I didn’t think when I agreed to come here... they even told me I’d be trapped. For 6 months, a year max. Once the product launched, there’d be no need for secrecy anymore. But, until then, I’d be a guest of the company. At least... that’s what they said.
• Desmond: And when the Animus was ready?
• Lucy: They came in while I was sleeping. Three guys... guns... (Lucy gets up and walks over to the right-hand windows) They dragged me out of bed... God... the worst part is I knew them... one guy, Richard, we ate lunch together sometimes. And now... he was gonna... They were cracking jokes... I tried to pull away... he hit me... and that’s when he told me I was going to die.
• Desmond: Christ! What did you do?
• Lucy: Nothing. I kept telling myself it wasn’t real. And then Warren was there, shouting at them to get away from me. And they listened.
• Desmond: Jesus...
• Lucy: He’s not a happy man, Desmond. I wouldn’t even say he’s a good man, but he saved my life. They never came for me again. And he promised they never would.
• Desmond: But you're still stuck here working for these nutjobs.
• Lucy: But I’m alive. Anyway, I really do need to get the Animus repaired. I’ll see you tomorrow, Desmond.

Abstergo's work

• Vidic: Rise and shine! We've got quite a day ahead of us!
• Desmond: You're in a good mood this morning.
• Vidic: Miss Stillman has made some modifications to the Animus. You should be able to remain inside even longer now.
• Desmond: And help you with your treasure hunt.
• Vidic: This is serious business, Mr. Miles. I don't think you appreciate the importance of the work Abstergo does.
• Desmond: Maybe that's because you haven't told me exactly what it is you do.
• Vidic: We change the world. Every day in a hundred different ways. Did you know that nearly every development of the past millennia, be it medical, technological, or philosophical, has come from Abstergo or its predecessors?
• Desmond: That's a pretty bold claim, Doc. Sure you might not be exaggerating a bit?
• Vidic: Not in the slightest. Oh, we certainly don't take the credit. That would arouse far too much suspicion. We choose our beneficiaries with great care.
• Desmond: Why?
• Vidic: Isn't it obvious? It shows we're in control.
• Desmond: But what is it that makes you people so special, so smart? That you happen to invent all these wonderful things while the rest of us mere mortals stumble around like idiots?
• Vidic: To be fair, we don't invent them. We find them.
• Desmond: Find them?
• Vidic: They're gifts, Mr. Miles, from those who came before. We'll have to continue this conversation later. Time's wasting.

Templars

• Desmond: We're done already?
• Vidic: Get up.
• Desmond: Whatever you say, Doc.
• Vidic's phone rings and he answers it.
• Vidic (into his phone): I'm ending the session... I'll be right there... You're sure about this... yes... no... Everything's Denver... I don't see how he could... Of course... I understand. (Hangs up, then addresses Desmond) You're in a lot of trouble, Mr. Miles. (Walks out)
• Desmond: What’s his problem?
• Lucy: They’re coming for you.
• Desmond: Who's coming?
• Lucy: Assassins.
• Desmond: Hey, I nothing to do with this!
• Lucy: Sounds like they’re mounting some kind of rescue attempt. Guess you’re more important than you realized.
• Desmond: Man, things just keep getting weirder and weirder around here.
• Lucy: Don't be so surprised. It was bound to happen at some point.
• Desmond: Lucy, what do you mean?
• Lucy: That little fight your ancestor started during the Third Crusade. It never ended. You’re being held by Templars.
• Desmond: Vidic’s a Templar?
• Lucy: There’s no way you could’ve known, they hide it so well. But, to answer your question, Vidic works for them. We all do. Abstergo is their company.
• Desmond: I thought Templars were old dudes with funny hats who sat around drinking beers and plotting world domination with the...lizard people.
• Lucy: No. Except the part about world domination, I guess. Look, Desmond, it’s complicated. Half the stuff they say about the Templars comes from crazy tin-foil-hat-wearing-nut-jobs. The other half is misinformation intentionally produced by the Templars themselves.
• Desmond: But they are the "bad guys," right?
• Lucy: If there’s one thing I’ve learned since I started working here, it’s that there’s no such thing. It’s all so relative. I guess the best way to explain it is... what they want is good. But the way they're going about it... It’s bad, really bad.
• Desmond: What are they trying to do? LUCY?
• Lucy: (Lucy’s phone rings and she answers it) Yes?
• Vidic (through Lucy's phone): Miss Stillman, I need to speak with you. Get up here, NOW!
• Lucy: On my way, Doctor. (She hangs up) I’m sorry, Desmond, I have to go. You should turn in for the night. The answers to all of your questions are right in front of you. You just have to know where to look.

Piece of Eden

• Desmond: I think there’s a problem with the Animus.
• Lucy: Nope. It's working fine.
• Desmond: No, I’m pretty sure it just ejected me-
• Lucy: I’m pretty sure you should shut up.
• Desmond: All right, no more fucking around! You ready to tell me what's going on?
• Lucy: We have to stop them, Desmond. When they access that last memory of yours... they’re just getting started. They wanna change everything. The way we live, the way we think, the way we are. You’ve gotten the lecture from Vidic. About what’s wrong with the world, how we need "order and discipline." So, they’re going to give it to us. Only, we don’t have a say in the matter.
• Desmond: How?
• Lucy: The Templar treasure. They think it-
• (Lucy's phone rings and she answers it)
• Vidic (through Lucy's phone): Miss Stillman!
• Lucy: Yes, Doctor.
• Vidic (through Lucy's phone): I need you to upload Desmond's files to the database.
• Lucy: Of course, Warren.

• Desmond: So, what? They’re using me to find the Templar treasure? What do they call it again? The "Piece of Eden"?
• Lucy: Yes.
• Desmond: Well, it looks like it’s at Masyaf. So I don't know why they're wasting all this time with me. Why don’t they send their people to pick it up?
• Lucy: They can’t... it’s not that simple. The artifact from Masyaf... they had it. It was destroyed in the accident.
• Desmond: Then, what do they need from me or my ancestor to tell them?
• Lucy: They’re hoping he’ll show them where the other ones are.
• Desmond: You mean there’s more than one of these things?!?!
• Lucy: Oh, Desmond. You have no idea.
• (Lucy's phone rings again)
• Lucy: Yes?
• Vidic: Is there a problem, Miss Stillman?
• Lucy:No, Warren. Everything’s Denver on my end.
• Vidic: Then, where are the files?
• (Lucy hangs up)
• Lucy: I’ve gotta move these files before he gets suspicious. We’ll talk more later.
• Desmond: What does “Everything’s Denver” mean?
• Lucy: It means everything’s fine.
• Desmond: Why Denver?
• Lucy: It’s a reference to Denver International Airport. There’s an underground facility there. It’s where the accident happened.

Accepted History

• Vidic: Time's wasting, Mr. Miles!
• Desmond: Yeah, yeah...
• Vidic: We're nearly done, you know.
• Desmond: And then what?
• Vidic: You'll see. Maybe they'll even let you watch when it begins. It's not as terrible as you might think.
• Desmond: Look, I know you're never gonna let me leave. So why not tell me what you're up to? You know, humor me.
• Vidic (shrewdly): I'm not an idiot, Mr. Miles. I can tell you've learned quite a bit.
• Desmond (innocently): I don't know what you're talking about, Doc.
• Vidic: Of course not.
• Desmond: All right, then answer this for me then.
• Vidic: Yes?
• Desmond: Some of the stuff that I'm seeing in the Animus... it just seems... wrong. Untrue, you know, like the history's off somehow. It just doesn't-
• Vidic (interrupting): It doesn't what, Mr. Miles? Match with something you read on an online encyclopedia? What your high-school history teacher taught you? Let me ask you something: do any of these supposed experts have access to secret knowledge, kept hidden from the rest of us?
• Desmond: There's all sorts of books, journals, letters, documents... all kinds of source material from back then. Some of it's contradicting what the Animus is showing me.
• Vidic: Anyone can write a book, and they can put whatever they want on its pages. Used to be we thought the Earth was flat.
• Desmond: Some folks still do.
• Vidic: Yes, and they publish books about it. Or that the moon landing was a hoax. I believe there's a book that claims the Earth was created in seven days. A best-seller too.
• Desmond: Where's this going, Doc?
• Vidic: The point, I suppose, is that you can't always trust everything you hear. Everything you read. What's that your ancestor said? "Nothing is true?"
• Desmond: "Everything is permitted."
• Vidic: Yes, exactly. That's what makes the Animus so spectacular. It leaves no room for misinterpretation-
• Desmond (interrupting): There's always room.
• Vidic: Touche, Mr. Miles. Now that I've answered your question, can we begin?

Rescue Failure

• Vidic: I SAID GET UP GODDAMMIT! LISTEN! (turns on the intercom, through which gunfire can be heard)
• Lucy: Oh no.
• Vidic: Seems your Assassin friends found us!
• Desmond: Who?
• Vidic: How'd you do it, Desmond?!
• Desmond: Hey, look, I don't know what you're talking about, but whatever's going on down there has got NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!
• Vidic: They are here for YOU!! And I sure as shit didn't invite them!! (into the intercom) What's the situation?
• Abstergo guard (through intercom): Taking heavy fire!
• Vidic: Can you contain it, or do I need to evacuate the prisoner?!
• Abstergo guard: Only five or six! We've got them outnumbered! Couple of wounded but we'll pull through. We'll get it under control.
• Vidic (turns off intercom, then to Desmond): Goddamn you, Desmond! You couldn't leave well enough alone!
• Desmond: I told you I had nothing to do with this! How am I supposed to even contact them? Telepathy? Come on!
• Vidic: Doesn't matter. They'll be dead soon enough! Here, have a listen! (turns intercom back on; gunfire continues, then stops abruptly)
• Abstergo guard (through intercom): Threat's been neutralized.
• Vidic (turns intercom off for good, then to Desmond): Looks like the cavalry won't be coming.
• Desmond: Don't know, Doc. You were freaking out a few seconds ago. What's wrong, worried that your security isn't as impenetrable as you thought it was? Afraid they'll be back with more?
• Lucy: I don't think so, Desmond.
• Vidic: What Lucy is trying to say is that there aren't any Assassins left to come for you. We've been very busy this past year, hunting down your enclaves, your desert communes and whatnot. I'm afraid you're on your own. Rest up, Mr. Miles. Tomorrow, we finish this! (walks out)

• Lucy: I’m sorry, Desmond.
• Desmond: He mentioned the desert. Do you think-
• Lucy: They sent a team there, but the place was deserted. I don’t know where your parents are, and I can’t promise they’re still alive. But I think they got away.
• Desmond: Thanks. Thanks for checking.
• Lucy: Maybe it’s not as bad as it seems.
• Desmond: What do you talking about? They just killed - literally KILLED - my only chance of busting out of here! And then, I find out the Assassins are all but destroyed and... Christ, I still don't know what these people are planning! But I do know they plan to kill me when they're done! I am screwed, okay!? What do you want me to do, Lucy!?
• Lucy: Just try and have a little faith. (she bends her left ring finger)
• Desmond: You’re an-
• Lucy: Have faith. Rest up, Desmond. You’re gonna need the energy.

End of Experiment

• Desmond: What the hell was that?
• Rikkin: Well?!
• Vidic: We've got the map.
• Rikkin: How many?
• Vidic: At least four dozen.
• Rikkin: We don't need them all.
• Vidic: We should assume at least some amount of decay. I doubt they'll all still be functioning. At least two appear to reside on landmasses that no longer exist.
• Rikkin: We'll dispatch teams to each site and determine viability. We only need one, after all.
• Vidic: What about the rest?
• Rikkin: Collect them! Let's not leave anything to chance! Last thing we need is some damn survivor running loose in the New World!
• Vidic: And the Assassin?
• Rikkin: We have what we need. Kill him.
• Lucy: Wait. You know how these things work. I doubt we’ll be able to walk right in.
• Rikkin: And your point is...
• Lucy: We might need him. His memories. I’d recommend we hold him until we have confirmation that there aren’t any surprises waiting for us at the sites.
• Vidic: This is ridiculous.
• Lucy: You said it yourself. We shouldn’t leave anything to chance.
• Rikkin: Very well. Determine whether or not he's still of any use, then kill him.
• Vidic: Stop undermining my authority.
• Lucy: I just saved your ass.
• Vidic: All right, Mister Miles. Rest up; we’ll be back for you soon. This isn’t over, not yet...

Assassin's Creed II

After escaping Abstergo, Desmond was introduced to his fellow Assassins Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane. These two would assist Lucy in training Desmond to be an Assassin.

After arriving at the Hideout

Lucy

• Desmond: Hey, I just wanted to say thank you, and that I'm sorry.
• Lucy: Sorry?
• Desmond: Yeah, you know, everything back at Abstergo. It's just... I wasn't ready.
• Lucy: It's okay.
• Desmond: No, going through all that, knowing that the Templars still exist, what they're planning...
• Lucy: What's done is done. You're here now and that's what matters.

• Desmond: Lucy, I've been seeing things. Symbols in my bedroom, the code on the keypad... Just like Altaïr.
• Lucy: It's from the bleeding effect. You're taking on more than your ancestor's memories, you're taking on their skills too.
• Desmond: Skills?
• Lucy: You're more receptive now, so if everything goes well, everything Ezio learns in the Animus, you'll learn too.
• Desmond: You really think that this will work? That I'll become an Assassin?
• Lucy: You already are an Assassin. You'll just be better at it.
• Shaun: Yeah, hopefully much better at it. I've seen the tapes from Abstergo, you didn't even try to escape.
• Desmond: What a dick.

Rebecca

• Rebecca: Hey Desmond, what's up?
• Desmond: Just wondering what your role is in all this.
• Rebecca: Me? I take care of Baby. It's my job to keep her up and running.
• Desmond: Baby? You mean the Animus.
• Rebecca: Actually, I prefer Animus two-point-oh since Baby's twice as awesome than anything you'll find at Abstergo. The Templars may have deeper pockets than us, but they have no ambition, no passion, no competetive edge! That's why, even with all their resources, anything they can do, I can do better. Faster too. Anyway, take a seat when you're ready and we can get started. I just need to make few more adjustments...

Shaun

• Desmond: What's all this stuff for?
• Shaun: This stuff, Desmond, oh this stuff is nothing special, really, this stuff is just the stuff that keeps our entire operation from falling apart, really. It requires a great deal of concentration to keep it all moving, so you'll forgive me if I don't have time to play meet and greet.
• Rebecca: Shaun's in charge of maintaining our knowlege archives - it's like a digital library. He'll be riding shotgun with me while you're in the Animus. So if you come across anything of note - people, places, events, etcetera - he'll create database entries you can consult for additional information.
• Shaun: Y-yeah, it's not just databases though. I also provide tactical support for the other Assassins. You know, Desmond, the ones who are out there - actually doing stuff. Risking their lifes, little things like that.

After Memory Sequence 6

• Desmond: What's going on? Is everything all right?
• Lucy: Better than all right. You're making amazing progress.
• Shaun: "Amazing" is quite a strong word.
• Desmond: Then why are we stopping?
• Rebecca: Prolonged exposure to the Animus can have, uh, side effects.
• Desmond: Awesome.
• Lucy: It's nothing to worry about. You haven't shown any of the symptoms.
• Desmond: Symptoms? What symptoms?!
• Rebecca: Degredation of cognition, temporal hallucinations, multiple awareness issues, overlapping realities, you know.
• Desmond (worried): So what you're saying is...
• Shaun: What we're saying, Desmond, is that if you're not careful, you may not need the Animus to visit with your ancestors. Which wouldn't be a bad thing assuming you could control it. Up until now, though, no one has.
• Desmond: Subject 16.
• Lucy: We have safeguards, Desmond. And they kept him in the Animus for way too long, sometimes days at a time. We're being careful with you.
• Desmond: I hope so.
• Lucy: Anyway, I was hoping to test out your retention. See if you've picked up any of Ezio's abilities.
• Desmond: I'm game.
• Lucy: Great. Meet me downstairs when you're ready.

Rebecca

• Rebecca: Hey! Nice work today. You're a natural.
• Desmond: Thanks. it's definitely getting easier. I gotta say - after all the crap I went through at Abstergo - It's nice to be with the good guys.
• Shaun: "Good guys?" Let's not get carried away.
• Rebecca: What's that supposed to mean?
• Shaun: In case you've forgotten, Rebecca, we're Assassins. I could look it up for you, if you like. Basically, it means we assassinate people.
• Desmond: Only when we have to.
• Shaun: It's a choice. You're choosing to kill.
• Desmond: I haven't killed anyone.
• Shaun: No. Not yet. But what do you think all this is for, eh? You think Lucy is giving you Ezio's abilities so you can build schools in South America and deliver rice to starving Indonesians? What are you Desmond, a vegan? You'd be the first vegan assassin in history.
• Rebecca: Look, it's not ideal. And taking a life is never easy. But sometimes there's no other way. Sometimes, Desmond, people have to die for things to change.
• Shaun: She's got a point. But don't fool yourself into thinking you have no say. I mean, isn't it that what we're all about here? Safe-guarding free will?

• Rebecca: Sorry... I didn't mean to make it into a whole big thing.
• Desmond: Nah, it's cool. So, how's she treating you?
• Rebecca: The translation software is still a bit laggy... You're propably catching the odd bit of Italian. Sorry about that.
• Desmond: No worries. Abstergo's machine wasn't perfect either. And the subtitles... definitely a big plus.

Shaun

• Desmond: What could 16 have found that needs so much secrecy and security?
• Shaun: Oh, I don't know, do I? Lucy thinks it's something about the Codex, but I'm not so sure. I'm all ears, if it's as life changing as 16 says. Blimey, if I was allowed to use the Animus, I'd be the one in there finding out. Instead, as usual I'm forced to sit here on the sidelines.

• Desmond: What are you up to?
• Shaun: What am I - who are you, my mom? I've been running traces on the Codex pages. Looking to see if any of them are still around.
• Desmond: And?
• Shaun: Nothing concrete. Reports on one in the archives of the National Central Library in Florence. Maybe a few in the hands of collectors... propably Templars. I'd send someone to check it out, but we're very short on manpower.
• Desmond: How do you think the Codex wound up in Italy? I mean... it seems so random.
• Shaun: Dante Alighieri by way of Marco Polo.
• Desmond: Seriously?
• Shaun: Something happened in 1321, yeah. Now, I'm still working on making the connections... But from what I can tell, Polo encountered the Assassins while visiting Kublai Khan. That's right, this must be when he obtained the Codex. Now, when he returned to Italy, he passed it on to Dante. Dante was close to 'em - if not an Assassin himself. Now, I have no idea what brought the two of them together... But I tell you what, I reckon we can find out.
• Desmond: I don't think Lucy wants us messing with the Animus.
• Shaun: Yeah, you're right. We've got enough to deal with. I guess satisfying my curiosity will have to wait.

• Desmond: How did you get involved in this?
• Shaun: Most Assassins, Desmond, are like you, yeah? They're "born" into the Brotherhood. Not me, though.
• Rebecca: Ugh, here we go.
• Shaun: What?! He asked. Anyway, I've always been fascinated by the unexplained. There's something exciting there, you know, a sense that life is more interesting, more mysterious than we've been led to believe.
• Desmond: So, what, you just stumbled across the Assassins?
• Shaun: No, I found the Templars first, actually. Abstergo's a big company. It's too big, which means there were slip-ups, you know, like that mess they're having right now with the fluoride. Only I was tracking this stuff years ago. I must have been, what, 14? 15?
• Desmond: You knew Abstergo was a Templar company?
• Shaun: No, not at first. I just knew they were up to no good and I figured maybe I could do something about it. So I starting digging up everything I could on the company, posting stuff to news groups, trying to spread word, looking for people with stories to tell.
• Desmond: You must have gotten Abstergo's attention.
• Shaun: Well, fortunately, I got Rebecca's first. Otherwise I'd be at the bottom of a river.
• Rebecca: You're welcome.
• Shaun: Yep, she tried to warn me. Told me I was messing with the wrong people.
• Rebecca: And what did you do?
• Shaun: I thought you were mental.
• Rebecca: But now you know better.
• Shaun: Yep, now I know you're just a bit mental.
• Rebecca: Long story short, I saved his ass! Multiple times! Should've just dropped him and let Abstergo have their way.
• Shaun: Listen to you, trying to be all "bad-ass."
• Desmond: So what happened?
• Shaun: I have a gift, Desmond. I have a gift for seeing things. Making connections, like your eagle vision, you know. Only useful.
• Rebecca: We offered him a place with us.
• Shaun: Yes, you did, yeah. The alternative? A life on the run from the most powerful organization on the planet. I decided to prolong my life. I'm eccentric like that. So I signed up. I've been doing research and analysis for them ever since. Best part is, I love it.

• Desmond: What are you doing?
• Shaun- I’m keeping tabs on the other teams.
• Desmond: Other teams?
• Shaun: The Templars have been hunting down the Pieces of Eden using the map they got from you at Abstergo. Luckily, Lucy has provided us with a copy as well, allowing us to pursue them.
• Desmond: How’s that working out?
• Shaun: So far, so good.
• Desmond: If they find even one piece, we’ll have problems.
• Shaun: Oh, you’re picking up on that, are you? That is why we’re training you. Once you’ve acquired the necessary skills, we’ll be able to send you into the field.
• Desmond: And you? Why aren’t you out there?
• Shaun: I’m not out there cause my expertise lies in other areas. And to be honest, I prefer it that way. But make no mistake, Desmond, I’m an Assassin through and through. I’ve killed before, I expect to kill again. It’s just that I’d prefer not to.

With Lucy in the Warehouse

• Desmond: So what's the plan?
• Lucy: We're going to see what you've been able to retain. Come on.

• Lucy: Abstergo's out there, waiting for us. They're better funded and better equipped. It's only a matter of time before they find this place. We need to be ready for them when they do. I need you to activate the warehouse's defense system. I'll let you figure out how to reach the sensors.
• Desmond: Aw, come on. Not even a hint?
• Lucy: Open your eyes, Desmond.

• Desmond: Uh, Lucy... I'm seeing things.
• Lucy: Do the hallucinations last more than thirty seconds?
• Desmond: No.
• Lucy: Then it's nothing to worry about. It'll pass.

• Desmond: So how am I doing?
• Lucy: You've picked up every one of Ezio's skills. The adoption rate is fantastic! Another day or two and we'll be done.
• Desmond: All right, you've gotta tell me. Why Ezio? Why Italy? I mean, we could've just gone back to Altair again. You know, follow him during his early years.
• Lucy: It started with Sixteen...
• Desmond: Ah, good old Subject 16. He repainted my room, y'know... WITH HIS BLOOD!
• Lucy: I've been going over his files. Vidic flagged a couple of his Animus sessions. A whole bunch of different ancestors, different dates and locations... ancient Africa, the Middle East... but towards the end, he became obsessed with Italy. I think he knew about the Vault. A few of the records of his later Animus sessions are missing, and the records that are there... After everything the Templars put him through... after everything I put him through... it's all scrambled. If we hadn't pushed Sixteen so hard, we'd have all the answers already... and maybe he'd still be alive.
• Desmond: So you're after the Codex and the Vault?
• Lucy: I knew you had an ancestor in Italy who was at the center of all this.

• Lucy: Well, I think we're done for today.
• Desmond: Lucy, what happened to Sixteen wasn't your fault. You were just as much a prisoner as I was.
• Lucy: Thank you. Good night, Desmond. I'm glad you're here.

After Altaïr's sequence

• Desmond: Hey...
• Lucy: Uh, hi.
• Desmond: Are you okay?
• Lucy: Yeah, I'm fine. Everything's fine.
• Desmond: You sure?
• Lucy: We lost two more teams last night. That's eight of us just... gone.
• Desmond: I'm sorry.
• Lucy: I don't know what to do anymore... It just keep getting worse and worse
• Desmond: Hey, remember what you told me? You gotta have faith. And look. Here we are. Safe and sound.
• Lucy: For how long? And when they find us? Then what?
• Desmond: When that happens - if that happens. We'll deal with it. I'll keep you safe.
• Lucy: Anyway - enough with my little breakdown. I should get back to work. And so should you.

After Memory Sequence 14

• Shaun: ..there's only about ten minutes until they get..
• Rebecca: ..need all of my equipment..
• Lucy: ..ready to go before they do.. DESMOND!
• Desmond: Yeah, yeah.
• Lucy: Alright, Shaun. I need you and Rebecca to get everything in here packed up and loaded into the truck. (to Desmond) You and I'll deal with the Templars.
• Desmond: What, they're here?
• Shaun: It was only a matter of time before they discovered us. To be honest, I'm surprised it took them as long as it did.
• Lucy: Let's go.
• Desmond: So what's the plan? We ditch this place and then what?
• Lucy: There's another safehouse. It's-- We've got company. The truck's just up ahead.
• Vidic: Mister Miles! This is an unexpectadly pleasant turn of events! And here I thought I'd have to waste more man on you! Kind of you to save me the trouble.
• Desmond: What do you want, Vidic?
• Vidic: For you to come home. We miss you terribly. There's still so much work for us to do together!
• Lucy: It's not happening, Warren.
• Vidic: You continue to disappoint in every conceivable way, Ms. Stillman. I saved your life once. Do you remember? And THIS is how you repay me?
• Lucy: You saved me so you could keep experimenting on people - destroying their lives - and for what?
• Vidic: Oh, this tired argument again. As I recall, you were there - at my side - every step of the way.. Their blood is on YOUR hands just as much as MINE.
• Lucy (to Desmond): You need to stop him.
• Desmond: I'm on it.

Desmond and Lucy fight with Abstergo guards.

• Vidic: Well, well! It seems Mister Miles learned to fight! It's only a matter of time before you're both back where you belong! Is this necessary?

After killing all guards.

• Desmond: Uh-oh, Doc. Looks like it's just you and me now.
• Vidic: Enjoy your victory Mister Miles, temporary as it is.

Vidic's truck drives away.

• Rebecca: Desmond! We have to go!
• Shaun: There you are! Come on. Help Lucy into the van. Hurry, Desmond! We need to go!
• Lucy: You'll have your turn, Desmond. Warren's gonna get what he deserves. I promise.
• Desmond: So what now? Where are we headed?
• Lucy: There's a cabin up north. We should be safe there - at least for a little while. I have to analyze those tapes from your session - figure out what's happening.
• Desmond: And then what?
• Rebecca: Here we go. I've got you all hooked up. Got a long drive ahead of us. Figured you might want to play around with the Animus on the way..
• Desmond: Alright, but I have some questions first, I mean - what the hell was that in the Vault?
• Lucy: What you saw proves everything I was afraid of. The Templars aren't our biggest threat. Not by a longshot.
• Desmond: So.. what, the sun is? What's it going to do? Cook the Earth?
• Lucy: I doubt it, but.. I don't know. There's been some speculation that the earth's magnetic field weakening.. A sufficently strong flare could flip the poles and cause geomagnetic reversal. It's all theorical. But if it happens - the planet could become geologically unstable. Very unstable.
• Shaun: It's meant to be the stuff of pseudo-science - but clearly something catastrophic happened to the people of the first civilization. And that woman - Minerva, was it? - she seemed to think we were due for a second round.
• Desmond: So either way, we're fucked.
• Lucy: I don't know yet.. We'll keep reviewing the tapes. And you can keep digging through your memories. Maybe there's more to discover.
• Desmond: Alright. Guess I better get started..

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

After arriving in Monteriggioni

• Rebecca: Lucy, I can't seem to get a position on Ezio's P.O.E.
• Desmond: P.O.E.? Could one of you tell me what's going on?
• Lucy: Sorry, Desmond, Piece of Eden. In the Vatican, Minerva talked about other temples, that they're the key to preventing whatever terrible thing is about to happen on Earth.
• Desmond: Right.
• Lucy: To find the temples I'm convinced we need to get our hands on Ezio's Apple of Eden. Minerva altered it somehow when she "touched" it.
• Desmond: Wait. We're at the Auditore Villa?
• Lucy: Yes. It's our last safehouse in Italy. It turns out the Templars are watching the border.
• Rebecca: Ezio hid the P.O.E. sometime in 1507, but when I try to access that DNA sequence, he seems to be.. remembering something else.
• Desmond: Like a memory inside a memory?
• Rebecca: Yes. Exactly. Maybe.
• Desmond: Exactly maybe?
• Shaun: I believe you experienced something similar back at Abstergo, didn't you?
• Lucy: Subject 15 exhibited memory-within-memory-like-patterns, but she was pregnant. The memories of both the fetus' father and mother were competing.
• Shaun: Desmond's not pregnant. At least, as far as I can tell. Might have just had a big lunch.
• Lucy (to Rebecca): Can you skip ahead to a later memory?
• Rebecca: No, it doesn't work.
• Lucy: Well that sounds familiar. We couldn't access Altair's later memories until Desmond had improved his synchronization.
• Shaun: Then it's possible something similar has occurred here. Ezio's troubled state is being transposed onto Desmond, destabilizing the memory. Either that, or Rebecca's just not a very good engineer.
• Rebecca: Thanks, asshole.
• Shaun: What? I'm simply listing possible explanations. And that is amongst the most likely. Touchy..
• Rebecca: This place isn't secure. Cell phone surveillance can see right through the walls.
• Desmond: Don't you mean satellite surveillance?
• Rebecca: Are you kidding? Abstergo upgraded to cell towers ages ago. The waves go through everything above ground. They're gonna find us.
• Lucy: No they aren't. Come with me.

Inside the Villa, in Mario's study:

• Lucy: There's a beam blocking it from the inside. We're not getting in this way.
• Rebecca: What's our next move?
• Lucy: The road just loops back into the highway. This is not a good place for us to be right now.
• Rebecca: Do we have any tarps? We need to cover up the van.
• Shaun: I really hate to stress this, yeah, but we are running out of time.
• Lucy: Well help us then, Shaun. Do you have any ideas?
• Shaun: I don't know, maybe there's another way into the Sanctuary?
• Desmond: Hey, I think I've got something. (to Lucy) Follow me.

Desmond performs his first Leap of Faith.

• Lucy: Desmond, that was.. pretty awesome.
• Desmond: It just felt natural. We can get in through here.
• Lucy: Good job.
• Shaun: We'll just wait up here then shall we... yeah? All alone, with massive targets painted on our backs.

Desmond and Lucy enter the Auditore Crypt, their glow-sticks are not working.

• Lucy: Why won't this turn on..
• Desmond: It's great to be out of the Animus.
• Lucy: This isn't exactly my idea of a good time.
• Desmond: Let me guess: you're more the in-bed-at-six-type.
• Lucy: What? Desmond! I know how to have fun.
• Desmond: That's very convincing. Yeah, I'm convinced.
• Lucy: Okay, okay. After we save the world, I'll show you.
• Desmond: Wait, can I get that in writing?

Traveling through the Crypt

Desmond suffers the bleeding effect and sees the townspeople escape.

• Desmond: What was that?
• Lucy: I don't see anything.
• Ezio's "ghost": Run! Get out before the soldati (soldiers) catch you! Correte! (Run!) Go!

Ezio pulls the lever, gate impales Borgia soldier. Ghosts fade away revealing guard skeleton

• Desmond: They escaped through here.
• Lucy: What?
• Desmond: Ezio and the villagers. After the attack, I can see them now.
• Lucy: I know it's difficult. But try to compartmentalize, Desmond. Focus on the present.
• Desmond: I can't, Lucy! They won't stop! What if I can't stop the visions? How long before I start painting symbols on the walls?
• Lucy: Don't even joke about that! Sixteen is dead! We're focusing on you now, okay?

They walk up to the gate; Desmond pulls lever; gate only pulls up a few inches above the bones, then drops.

• Desmond: Great. It's stuck!
• Lucy: I can get under there.
• Desmond: Ready.

Desmond lifts gate, Lucy crawls under.

• Desmond: Any chance you can lift it?
• Lucy: Not unless you want me to end up like that skeleton.
• Desmond: I'll find another way around.
• Lucy: I can drop into the corridor below through here.
• Desmond (jokingly): Watch out for bats.
• Lucy (frightened): Where?!
• Desmond (laughing): I meant in case you see any.
• Lucy (scolding): Remind me not to make you a lookout.

Lucy jumps down; Desmond sees more figures through the Bleeding Effect.

• Lucy: Desmond?
• Desmond: More ghosts.
• Lucy: I'm here, okay? Just stay with me.
• Claudia's voice: Ezio!
• Ezio's "ghost": Did anything fall on you?
• Claudia's "ghost": No. Is Mother all right?
• Lucy: Desmond? We can't climb this.
• Desmond: How about you give me a boost?
• Lucy: That's a bad idea.
• Desmond: I could throw you into the air and you grab on.
• Lucy: Even worse.
• Desmond: Follow me.

Desmond walks toward pulley, pulls up Lucy

• Desmond: How about this?
• Lucy: What are going to-

Desmond kicks back lever, they both rocket upwards to a ledge

• Lucy: Nice job.
• Desmond: I aim to please.

They start free-running through the tunnel

• Desmond: I wonder how old these tunnels are.
• Lucy: Early Middle Ages, probably. Luckily, these beams still hold our weight.
• Desmond: After all this time in the Animus, I'm not so sure.
• Lucy: Yeah, I didn't want to say anything, but you're really getting fat.
• Desmond: Ouch.
• Lucy (jokingly): I even told Rebecca to widen the Animus.
• Desmond: Seriously?
• Lucy: No.
• Desmond: You know when I came here last...
• Lucy: When Ezio came here.
• Desmond: Yeah, I meant Ezio.
• Lucy: I shouldn't put you through this. It's not right.
• Desmond (reassuringly): Hey. All joking aside, I'm having the time of my life. And it's thanks to you.
• Lucy: Just focus on where you're going, okay?

They come to another gate and lever

• Desmond: When did this become my job?
• Lucy: If I pulled all the levers, then what would be left for you?
• Desmond (innocently): Nothing.
• Lucy: Nice try.
• Desmond: Ready.

The gate opens and Lucy rolls under it.

• Lucy: Found a swtich (pulls lever, grinding noises can be heard.)
• Desmond: Something's opened.
• Lucy: I'm stuck over here, but I can see a lever across the water.
• Desmond: Great, Ezio gets a bath with Caterina Sforza and I get...a swim in a toilet. (pulls lever) I've got this one!
• Lucy: There's another lever up ahead. Come over here.

Desmond jumps into the water.

• Desmond (shocked at the cold): Oh man. It's freezing!
• Lucy: Stop whining!
• Desmond: It's easy for you to say! You're not the one swimming in medieval toxic waste! Ughh! (climbs out) I smell terrible.
• Lucy: You're exaggerating.

Desmond climbs up the scaffolding

• Lucy: Remember, this is the time of your life.
• Desmond: Yeah, yeah. How come you don't have to get wet?
• Lucy: Because you're here.
• Desmond: Charming.
• Lucy: Aren't I?

They rappel up another pulley

• Claudia's "ghost": Ezio! We are on the other side! Hurry!
• Soldier's "ghost": Cazzo! (Fuck!)
• Soldier's "ghost": Dio mi salve! (God save me!)
• Desmond: Great. The bridge is out. We can't jump this.
• Lucy: I have an idea, but I'll need your help. Stand on the edge and get ready.
• Desmond: Ready.

Lucy runs at Desmond, who catapults her to the supports.

• Lucy: Made it! Let me see...
• Desmond: Oh, you go on ahead. I'll just stay here to die in the dark with the bats!
• Lucy: Jump across.
• Desmond: Nice work.
• Lucy: The bats will be disappointed.
• Desmond: For now.
• Soldier's "ghost": Soldati! (Soldiers!) I have found an entrance.
• Desmond: Strange. You would think that these stairs lead somewhere.
• Lucy: But they don't.

They come to a bridge sealed against the cave walls.

• Lucy: Uh, I did the last one.
• Desmond: And I'm sure that will be your last one.
• Lucy: Ha ha, very funny.
• Desmond: Got it.
• Lucy: Thank you, Desmond.

They come to another collapsed bridge.

• Lucy: Now it's my turn to even the score.
• Desmond: Thanks. It's a start.
• Lucy: Do your magic.
• Desmond: Up you go!
• Lucy: Thanks. We make a great team. I can see the Sanctuary up ahead.

Entering the Sanctuary

• Desmond (seeing Ezio's ghost): Wow. He looks so...old. Ezio must have come back here long after the attack. But why?
• Lucy: Desmond!
• Desmond: Right. Let's get that door open.
• Lucy: Try using Eagle Vision.
• Desmond (noticing the numbers and triangle): There's something here.
• Shaun (muffled behind the door): Can you open the damn bookcase, Desmond?

Desmond pulls up the locks, bookcase opens, Shaun and Rebecca walk through

• Rebecca: You guys did it!
• Shaun: About bloody time! (notices triangle) What's that?
• Desmond: Looks like something Ezio left behind. (activates Eage Vision) There are numbers underneath it. 1419, 1420, 1421.
• Lucy: Maybe you should lie down for a bit.
• Desmond: Nah, its all right. I'm fine.
• Rebecca: Whoa, they built this place to last. No signs of structural damage. No cell signal either. Let's get the Animus set up down there.
• Lucy: All right, that's good. Shaun, hide the van in town, and make sure you aren't followed.
• Shaun: What is that smell?!
• Desmond: It's...my clothes.
• Shaun: They smell like you swam through a sewer.
• Desmond (playfully): It was Lucy's idea.

Lucy shoots Desmond a dirty look.

• Rebecca: Wait a minute guys. We need power down here. There's a line nearby that I can hook into but the wattage is weak. (hands Desmond circuit breakers)
• Shaun: Yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah. Anything else you two would like? You know, some caviar perhaps? Maybe you'd like me to knit you a lovely hat. No. Fine. (to Desmond) Follow me.

Desmond and Shaun go outside

• Shaun: Right, look around Monteriggioni for circuit boxes. Rebecca's little doodads they'll reroute small amounts of electricity to the power line underneath the Villa. Don't ask me how they work, if I understood that, I wouldn't be the fellow hiding the van.

After powering at the Sanctuary

• Desmond: I'm back.
• Lucy: Just in time. The sun's rising.
• Rebecca: Yes! It's booted. We're good to go.
• Shaun: Did you miss me? No? Anyone? Hello, am I speaking out loud? Hello? Workaholics.
• Lucy: Let's get started.

Shaun

• Desmond: Do you have any clue about those numbers under the drawing?
• Shaun: 1419, 1420, 1421. Maybe something to do with the Hundred Years War. Or wait... In 1419, Pope Martin V arrived in Florence, right? He left for Rome in 1420, and that was the same year Brunelleschi began building the Duomo. And in 1421... in 1421... Yeah, I'll have to do some more research I think.

• Desmond: So, what do you think of Monteriggioni?
• Shaun: This is not Monteriggioni. Monteriggioni existed during the Renaissance. Ask me how the town was in 1554 when it was seized by Florence and I'll tell you.
• Desmond: Huh. I figured you'd like it nowadays. Seems not to have changed much.
• Shaun: Exactly. History is the study of change. Change is life. When things become static, it means they're dead.

Lucy

• Desmond: What are we going to do about Abstergo?
• Lucy: Wait it out. As soon as we find the Apple, I get in contact with our other teams in Europe, but as far as Italy goes, we're on our own.
• Shaun: It would be nice to have some help from above.
• Lucy: Our top Assassins are busy gathering info about the Templar satellite launch. We've pinpointed several possible facilities in the U.S., China, and Russia, but there are no clear leads yet.

• Desmond: What are the other teams doing?
• Lucy: Combating Abstergo's search for Pieces of Eden. As far as I know, Abstergo has no clue about the Temples and Ezio's Apple. We might actually be ahead for once.

Rebecca

• Desmond: You seem focused.
• Rebecca: I've been busy patching new systems into Baby here. She's only gonna get better.
• Shaun: Is Desmond going to be able to relive memories this time?
• Rebecca: As a matter of fact, he will.

• Desmond: You always been a tech geek?
• Rebecca: Nah, I was into sports, but then I broke my leg and started playing with computers. Who knew that coding could be just as exhilarating as strapping on a board and dropping out of a helicopter?
• Shaun: Just FYI, you might want to get your adrenal glands checked. You know, because that, that is not normal.

After Memory Sequence 2

Shaun

• Desmond: You still managing the teams out in the field?
• Shaun: No phone line. Rebecca's working on patching us into the network.
• Desmond: So how does it feel, letting the lady do all the work?
• Shaun (scoffs): She's no lady!
• Rebecca: HEY!

• Desmond: You think we're safe here?
• Shaun: I'm more concerned about the other Assassins out there. If Abstergo stumbles onto information about the Temples, we could have a disaster on our hands.
• Desmond: The only people alive who've heard of the Temples are in this room.
• Shaun: For now, but who knows? Maybe they're listening to this conversation and you just gave everything away!
• Desmond: You brought them up first.
• Shaun: You are paranoid, Desmond.
• Desmond: Ah, well played.

Lucy

• Desmond: Everything all right?
• Lucy: I don't like being stuck underground with them out there looking for us.
• Desmond: You're doing a great job. We're safe here.
• Lucy: But for how long? Vidic won't give up. I know it.
• Desmond: Neither will we.

Rebecca

• Desmond: Why do we have to stay down here all day?
• Rebecca: Abstergo's still looking for us. It'd be better if we never went out at all, but then, we'd run out of supplies.
• Desmond: It's like being stuck in a cave during a rainstorm.
• Rebecca: Well, knowing the Templars, monsoon season's about to arrive.

• Desmond: You ever use the Animus?
• Rebecca: Your ancestors have such interesting lives. I went in once. It was lame.
• Shaun: Yeah, what were you? Must've been a spinster, probably.
• Rebecca: Worse, a Prussian mercenary. I spent hours firing guns. BORING!
• Shuan: Yeah, right. Guns are for sissies!

After Memory Sequence 3

Lucy

• Desmond: Any news from the outside?
• Lucy: Rebecca's patched in a phone line. The Templars are still guarding the border, and Vidic seems to be busy too.
• Desmond: Doing what?
• Lucy: From the look of things, he's using Animus data to train Abstergo operatives.
• Desmond: Meaning?
• Lucy: Abstergo's planning for a full on assault.
• Desmond: Weren't you the only Assassin at Abstergo's Animus facility? How are you getting data from them?
• Lucy: Some old passwords work, but I can't dig very far into the network.

Shaun

• Desmond: Any theories on that cipher Machiavelli handed me? Ezio, I mean.
• Shaun: I can't decode it without the key. It's a one-time disposable pad.
• Desmond: What's that?
• Shaun: It's a cipher with a unique, disposable key. Imagine if someone used the first letter of every word in the Declaration of Independence to encipher something. Well, without the Declaration, you couldn't decrypt it.
• Rebecca: I bet I could run it through the computer.
• Shaun: There are some things even a computer can't do... like-like love, Rebecca. Like love.

• Desmond: So Shaun, any lions outside the pride?
• Lucy: Who was that girl you were dating? Kate?
• Shaun: Ah yeah, Kate. Katie, Katie, Katie, kitty-Kat-Kate. Charmed the pants right off her, I did.
• Rebecca: Yeah right. I know for a fact you two didn't make it to second base.
• Shaun: Oh, di- di- ...wait, what, what?
• Rebecca: We had lunch!
• Shaun: You... had lunch... with Kate?
• Rebecca: Whatever, I got work to do.

Rebecca

• Desmond: You ever killed anyone?
• Rebecca: Hello to you too. I dated a guy who was an electronics engineer around the time the Assassins first contacted me.
• Desmond: And?
• Rebecca: Now I'm single.
• Desmond: Are you kidding?!
• Rebecca: Of course I'm kidding!! You think I would actually joke about someone I actually killed?! Death is only funny when it's not happening in front of you! I should know, and that's all I'm gonna say about it.

• Desmond: I noticed you didn't patch the translation software.
• Rebecca: Nah, it's still buggy. There's only an occasional glitch in the Italian, but if you hit any German or French, watch out.

Other

(Desmond stares at Altair's statue)

• Desmond: Hey, wassa matta you, Altair?
• Rebecca: That's racist!
• Desmond (insulted): You're racist!
• Lucy: Really? This is what you guys are doing?
• Desmond: Oh no, God forbid I take a break! I've only spent the past THREE FUCKING WEEKS inside that machine!
• Lucy: No, no, you're right. Let's all screw around while the world falls to pieces!
• Desmond: Hey, this isn't easy, you know!
• Rebecca: Right, like we're all on vacation out here?
• Lucy (fed up): ENOUGH! Look, everyone's under a lot of pressure, but we're the only ones who can stop Abstergo. So we need to keep it together.
• Desmond: She's right. We need to be a "hive mind" here, people.
• Shaun (sarcastically): Anybody up for some reconciliatory yoga? Anyone?
• Lucy: Very funny, guys.

After Memory Sequence 4

Shaun

• Desmond: What happened to Caterina Sforza?
• Shaun: She went back to Florence and petitioned unsuccsessfully for the return of her lands. Then, she died of pneumonia.
• Desmond: That's sad.
• Shaun: That's life. Well, that's death technically, but you take my point.

• Desmond: We ever going to visit the head Assassins? I heard about this meeting place when I was younger.
• Shaun: Apparently, it exists. Though I'm not sure because I've never been.
• Lucy: You'll get to see it once we have the Apple.
• Shaun: Well, I expect amazing things. A private espresso bar for example.
• Lucy: What a waste of money.
• Shaun: You obviously aren't an espresso drinker

Rebecca

• Desmond: How's the power situation?
• Rebecca: It's okay for now, but the power lines are frome the stone age.
• Shaun: Bloody third world country!
• Rebecca: You're talking about Italy?
• Shaun: No, Europe in general.
• Rebecca: I didn't know England is a third world country.
• Shaun: England is not in Europe actually, Rebecca. We tolerate Europe... You know, like a person tolerates herpes.

• Desmond: How did you manage to create a copy of the Animus?
• Rebecca: Oh, you know. Lucy sent me schematics.
• Desmond: I thought she couldn't get anything out of Abstergo?
• Rebecca: She had her ways. I improvised on the rest.
• Desmond: Huh.

Lucy

• Desmond: We going to get any food in here?
• Lucy: People who don't work, don't eat... I'm kidding! You knew I was kidding, right?
• Shaun: Riiight. Smile and nod.
• Lucy: Someone just volunteered to get the food.
• Shaun: It was worth it.

• Lucy: Sometimes I feel so disconnected from everything out there. Nearly a decade of my life gone, searching for those Pieces of Eden.
• Desmond: Think how great you'll feel when we finally stop the Templars.
• Lucy: I'm not sure it will ever end, Desmond. I can't do this forever.
• Desmond: I can't buy it. The Lucy I know brought me here and taught me how to see. She would never give up.
• Lucy: I guess I trained you well, huh?
• Desmond: You did alright.

Other

(When Desmond eats a hamburger)

• Rebecca: Carnivore!
• Shaun: Hypocrite! Did you know plants give off chemicals which attract predatory insects when they're attacked? Sounds pretty animal-like to me.
• Rebecca: You know too much for your own good.
• Shaun: That's what my priest used to say.

After Memory Sequence 7

Shaun

• Desmond: Any good stories about Cesare?
• Shaun: Are you kidding? He was notorious. Get this: in 1502, his top captains rebelled against him. He made concessions to all of them and they rejoined his army. Then, on New Year's Eve in 1503, he got them together inside a room in Sinigaglia. Everyone was arrested. Two were put back to back and strangled by Micheletto that very night. The rest were thrown into chains and... and killed a few weeks later.
• Desmond: Wow.
• Shaun: The amazing thing is that Cesare was so friendly during the months before, they never saw the trap coming. Machiavelli called him the master deceiver.

• Desmond: So Cesare was pretty secretive.
• Shaun: Yeah, he was yeah. Except weirdly when it came to sex. After his wedding, he sent a letter to the Pope explicitly describing the intercourse on his wedding night. According to the letter, Cesare and his French bride did the deed eight times.
• Rebecca: Isn't that a Catholic thing?
• Desmond: What?
• Rebecca: You're supposed to send the Pope a letter about your wedding night. It lets the old guy live a little, you know?
• Shaun: You know... that sounds quite plausible actually.

Rebecca

• Desmond: That disrupted memory seems to be getting clearer.
• Rebecca: It's amazing. The sequence is repairing itself, as if we're helping you work through psychological trauma.
• Desmond: So I'm going to be more balanced person by the end of this?
• Rebecca: Oh, I have no clue. But the idea's cool.
• Shaun: Are you saying that because you feel guilty about frying his brain?
• Rebecca: Shaun's on latrine duty!
• Lucy: Deal.
• Shaun: Ah, of course, you side with her. Communists.

Lucy

• Desmond: How long do we have before the Templar satellite launch?
• Lucy: It's October 8th, so that leaves us with... 74 days.
• Desmond: Not much time.
• Lucy: Think about all that you've been through in the last month. 74 days is a long time.

• Desmond: We're getting closer to the Apple. I can feel it.
• Lucy: If it were up to me, you'd take more breaks.
• Desmond: Good thing the fate of the world doesn't rest on your shoulders.
• Lucy: Hey. Joke all you want but your mental health is a serious concern. It only takes a couple of months for most Animus users to exhibit extreme side effects and you've been in for prolonged stretches of time.
• Desmond: I'll rest once we have the Apple.
• Lucy: I was afraid you'd say that.

After Sequence 9

• Desmond: We've got it. The Colosseum
• Lucy: Let's go. We can be there before dawn.
• Rebecca: Wait. There was something about that door. I don't think i saw a handle. Let me run an analysis.
• Shaun: Great. So we need some kind of futuristic key?
• Rebecca: It seems to open with a verbally triggered mechanism. I've never seen anything like it.
• Lucy: You mean it needs a password?
• Shaun: Try humming Beethoven's Fifth.
• Rebecca: Damn European power grid. Now we can't scan Ezio's memories to find the password.
• Lucy: We have to find that password.
• Rebecca: Ezio knows the answer. Problem is, he's dead.
• Shaun: I can't believe we're stuck here.
• Desmond: Hey. Maybe it has something to do with this.
• Rebecca: The symbol matches the one on the door to the Vault.
• Desmond: 1419, 1420, 1421.. What if they aren't dates?
• Shaun: 1419, 1420-- Oh my God.
• Desmond: What?
• Shaun: God.
• Rebecca: Tell us already!
• Shaun: I am, I am. The Tetragrammaton. The 72 names of God. You see? They're all contained within three verses. Exodus 19 through 21. And get this, you'll like this, if you arrange the four Hebrew letters in God's name within an equilateral triangle, their numeric values add up to the same number: 72.
• Rebecca: Are you absolutely sure about this?
• Shaun: That's kind of why I'm saying it out Rebecca, yeah. But, I haven't got to the kicker yet. Construction on the Colosseum began in the year 72.
• Rebecca: I think we have our password.
• Lucy: Shaun, go get the van.
  

After completing The Truth

• Lucy: Desmond! You're safe. We thought we'd lost you.
• Desmond: I'm here. I saw 16, I think. I don't know whether it actually happened. It feels like a dream.
• Rebecca: Well, whatever it was, it's gone now. The Animus is behaving normally.
• Lucy: Take a break before going back in there, okay?
• Desmond (to Lucy): Sorry for frightening you.
• Lucy: Don't worry about me.
• Desmond: Okay.
• Lucy: When you're ready, let's continue.