I'm not even sure how it all works. I just know that they hook an IV in my arm, it reads my DNA, and they zero in on specific parts of my DNA that are associated with people in the past, like Ezio Auditore.

[Desmond hops out of the pile of hay, shaking a few errant pieces off of himself, before he starts walking down the street.]

Oh, I just jumped off of the building I was up on. There was a pile of hay close enough to break my fall. My ancestors call it a "Leap of Faith".