Third Animus Data Fragment - I've seen enough for one life

[shirley_templar]

[Desmond looks....tired. His face is unshaven and sallow, and his eyes are red. He shakes his head, trying to clear the cobwebs. When he speaks, it's not in English, but an older Italian dialect.]

<<Ugh...did anyone get the number of the goddamn train that hit me? It'll be another month before I'll shake this nightmare.>>

[Desmond looks surprised, as though he wasn't expecting what came out of his mouth. He shakes his head again.]

<<What the hell? Am I speaking Italian?>>

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[isochrone]

<<That sounds kind of amazing, actually! Just think of all the things you could learn, that you'd never think to ask... wait, how were you connected to him?>>

[ Times like this is when it really shows that Elizabeth hasn't had a ton of social interaction... she can't really fathom that this would be unnerving to someone, only that it's an opportunity to discover new things. ]

[shirley_templar]

<< It was an experiment I was part of, called The Animus Project. I was put into a machine that tapped into my DNA, and let me experience the memories of my ancestors. It wasn't something I did by choice. I did learn a lot, but there were side-effects. I'm still dealing with them. >>

[Side-effects like having your brain tell you that you're someone else, or that you're seeing things that aren't there. Yeah, the Bleeding Effect was a nightmare.]

[isochrone]

[ Well, that was... actually much less amazing than she'd thought. And unnervingly similar, in fact. ]

<<I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't realize.>>

[shirley_templar]

<< It's fine. It's...not something I'm really used to talking about. I mean...who in their right mind would believe that I've got the memories of men who lived hundreds of years ago kicking around in my head? >>

[He manages a smile, trying to make light of the fct that his head is crammed full of memories that don't belong to him.]