[It took him a moment to realize that she was jesting. His brothers and sisters in Masyaf avoided him -first as the Master's favorite, then as a disgrace- so such levity was strange.

Not knowing how exactly to respond, especially because he didn't want anyone to know what he was up to, he let it go.]

It has been my experience that life finds pleasure in our sufferings. [Or maybe it is just that he bore the brunt of the world's displeasure.] I believe if I hadn't found myself stolen away from my world, there would have been another form of chaos to take a hold.