Valley of Memory (memory)
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Valley of Memory was a virtual representation of one of Basim ibn Ishaq's genetic memories relived through the Animus.[1]
Description[edit | edit source]
Dervis has interesting information to share with Basim.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
Having rushed over from the Harbiyah bureau, Basim entered Dervis' shop.
- Dervis: Basim! Finally.
- Basim: Have you missed me that much?
- Dervis: I have something to show you.
Dervis handed Basim a painted tile that depicted a man in blue clothes with a small boy, to whom he gave a wooden horse toy, and an inset painting of the man overseeing a group of people and the Great Mosque of Samarra.
- Basim: Where did you find this?
- Dervis: A Bedouin merchant passed through, selling some items. Most stolen, I suspect. But this painting caught my eye. It reminded me of your brooch.
- Basim: Samarra...
- Dervis: Do you think your father painted it?
- Basim: He and I loved this house deeply... Where did the Bedouin find it?
- Dervis: He said he bought the painting in AlUla, from a notorious peddler of stolen goods.
- Basim: AlUla? When I was a boy, my father read me stories of that ancient land and its mysterious monuments... He said we would go there together, when I was old enough to make the journey. I have not seen my father in many years. Not since the day he was exiled by the Khalifa. The day he left me behind.
- Dervis: Sometimes the past chases us.
- Basim: Dervis, what if my father is still alive? I must go to AlUla.
- Dervis: You will likely be crossing a desert to visit a grave... Still, I understand your need to make the journey. I know the place quite well, having previously travelled there on matters of commerce...
- Basim: You will accompany me, then?
- Dervis: Whatever you face, Basim, I will not let you do so alone. Now, are you ready to uncover the truth about your father?
- Basim: I am ready.
With a new outfit and provisions, Basim mounted a camel and rode to meet Dervis, unaware that Nehal was watching his departure from the shadows. Together, he and Dervis set off for al-Ula, travelling by day and resting by campfires at night. Clinging to the promise of seeing his father once more, Basim held his father's last memento, while Enkidu soared in the skies above. After some time, they arrived from the north and saw the ancient tombs of Hegra. At night, Dervis and Basim settled into a travelers' camp. Basim mused aloud about his worries.
- Basim: I am not sure what scares me more, finding my father's resting place or finding nothing at all.
- Dervis: Remember, it is foolish to deny the past, yet also unwise to surrender to it. Better to face it, accept it... and move on.
- Basim: First, we go to the cemetery. If my father's grave truly lies there, I need to see it with my own eyes.
- Dervis: It has been a long journey, Basim. Let us take the time to rest. We can go in the morning.
- Basim: You are right... Tomorrow shall yield its answers, whatever they may be.
Outcome[edit | edit source]
Basim and Dervis travelled to al-Ula seeking Basim's father, Ishaq.