[ He doesn't quite laugh at the tone but there's certainly a twitch of amusement at the corners of his mouth which might betray a little amusement anyway because he understands that as a reaction to what was (sort of) asked. Only of the bleak kind when it comes to any mirth since it's not like there's anything entertaining about what they faced - and certainly not for what it means now when it's a path staying here might bring. One Claude certainly agrees with as Altaïr expands on it. ]

I'd rather not repeat that either, and not just because it'll keep me from what I wanted to achieve at home but because I don't think any of us should have to make those choice. It might've seemed optional in the future we wer shown, but who's to say it really will be?

[ It's difficult to not think of the magic he's only had since coming here now as small signs leading into ascending to be one of the gods - almost like proof of what the cult was trying to do as he's thought about it, and that's another thought he absolutely detests. ]

But... I don't know that there's any way around that if the Singularity has these powers we didn't know about before, or whether at some point the Free Cities will find it worth bringing us there again for entirely different reasons now that they've seen it works to solve other problems.