User blog comment:Abelzorus Prime/Ratohnhake:ton's Initiation/@comment-90.218.118.56-20140703184032/@comment-5019018-20140703210553

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No, we both know that, but what we're saying is that when Edward decided to join the Assassins, he might as well have been one. We know Edward was not an official Assassin until he was inducted.