"My dad is the current Mentor of the Order, so I think it's pretty easy to guess he thinks anything outside of that profession is shit." It wasn't about pride, or wanting his son to take after him, although he probably wanted that too. William only cared about the Assassins and about being able to control their destiny. Or so it seemed to Desmond, even now. He didn't know how things would have been different, if he stayed.

Desmond chuckles. "Oh, no, they don't need me there to do right. They were already on bandwagon save the world." It was him who took a little longer to fully commit.