Altaïr:
What you plan is no less of an illusion, to force men to follow you against their will.
Al-Mu'allim:
Is it any less real then the phantoms the Saracens and Crusaders follow now, those craven Gods who retreat from this world, so that men might slaughter one another in their names. They live amongst an illusion already, I am simply giving them another, one that demands less blood.
Altaïr:
Least they chose these phantoms.
Al-Mu'allim:
Or do they, aside from the occasional convert or heretic ?