User blog comment:Gabriel Auditore/Assassinews 09/02 - Assassin's Creed: Initiates/@comment-5216016-20120907092111/@comment-4043223-20120907102638

The events in The Fall and the Great Purge show the shear desperation of the situation the modern assassins face too shows even more. I mean sending two teams into a heavily guarded area like the Abstergo facility in Italy shows the importance of Desmond in the grand scheme of things. I also think William knew Lucy was compromised.