Altaïr was cynical, but he still believed that there was nothing more noble than fighting to find the truth.

Which was why he, too, looked like he tasted something bad.

"I don't believe in fairytales. Even if I did, that sort of behavior does not earn my respect." Humans had the right to worship whatever phantoms they wanted, but someone actively tricking everyone into being their followers sounded like the sort of thing his enemies, the Knights Templar, would pull.