User blog comment:TheDarkKnightHasRisen/Connor: The child, the apprentice, the Assassin/@comment-4439294-20121009202620/@comment-5088097-20121009203233

I've realized this as well but it might still be a Sequence and even if it's not... it will span a few years or so. Just like in AC2 when Mario is training Ezio, we are lead to believe it's only for a few days but in actuality it's two years.