Witness Him was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description[]
Kassandra returned to Alkibiades, who needed her help again after helping him to forge the name of his friend on the citizenship list.
Dialogue[]
Kassandra spoke to Alkibiades.
- Alkibiades: Now that you've forged my friend's name on the citizen's list, there's one more thing that needs to be done.
- Kassandra: If you'd told me this needed to be done before, I could have taken care of it already.
- Alkibiades: Maybe, but this way I get to see you more often.
- Kassandra: Just tell me what you need.
- Alkibiades: Unfortunately, getting Sophanes' name on the list doesn't make him a citizen. He also needs a witness who can validate his citizenship.
- Kassandra: So you want me to be the witness?
- Alkibiades: If only it were that easy. No, there's someone I have in mind. An extremely handsome man by the name of Peiroos.
(Leave – "Your friend can wait.")
- Kassandra: Sophanes can wait a bit longer.
Kassandra left Alkibiades, only to change her mind and return later.
- Alkibiades: I knew you couldn't help but come back for more.
(Accept – "I'll find the witness.")
- Kassandra: I'll find your... handsome witness.
- Alkibiades: Perfect! I knew you'd be willing to help.
(If "Why can't you or I be the witness?" was chosen.)
- Kassandra: There must be a good reason we can't be witnesses?
- Alkibiades: Of course. The witness must be an Athenian citizen, but it can't be a friend. Be careful with Peiroos, though. It's easy to... lose oneself in his gaze.
(If "What's next?" is chosen.)
- Kassandra: If there's more after this, I want to know now.
- Alkibiades: Of course! This should be the last thing.
- Kassandra: Should?
- Alkibiades: I mean is.
(If "I'll get to it." is chosen.)
- Kassandra: Time to find Peiroos.
- Alkibiades: He's often around the justice building on the east side of the agora.
- Kassandra: And I just... ask him to help?
- Alkibiades: Peiroos needs to say that the parents of Sophanes were both Athenians. How you get him to do it is up to you.
Seeing she would get no further information, Kassandra travelled to the agora and used Ikaros to find her target.
- Kassanda: The witness. There you are.
She soon found Peiroos north of the Athens Mint.
- Kassandra: That's the guy Alkibiades called handsome? Can't say I agree with him.
Kassandra approached him.
- Peiroos: You tell Dion I'm not giving him any more. If he wants to talk to me, he can come himself.
- Kassandra: I'm not here about debts.
- Peiroos: Well, what do you want, then?
- Kassandra: There's something I need your help with. Well, you'd actually be helping someone else.
- Peiroos: That someone sent you tells me it's something I'd be better off avoiding.
- Kassandra: You just need to validate a man's citizenship. Alkibiades said it's an easy role for you to play.
- Peiroos: Alkibiades? He is persistent... And who is this man I'm meant to help?
- Kassandra: His name is Sophanes.
- Peiroos: Sophanes? I know that name well. I won't help you, though, not for him.
- Kassandra: You're going to help, but it's your choice how bloody you are when you do. Or maybe I'll go to Dion and see if he'll pay me to get what you owe him.
- Peiroos: You can't threaten me and expect to get what you want. You'll regret that.
Peiroos ran for a weapon, but Kassandra caught up and began beating him.
- Peiroos: That's enough! I'll do what you want. Even after all Sophanes did, he gets another chance...
Kassandra took out a bag of drachmae.
- Kassandra: Sounds like Dion may be sending someone to collect from you. Wouldn't it be nice to have the drachmae you need?
- Peiroos: I... fine. I'll do what you want.
Before leaving, Kassandra spoke to Peiroos once more.
- Peiroos: Make sure Sophanes doesn't know I was part of this.
Kassandra returned to Alkibiades who was speaking with Sokrates.
- Alkibiades: You've returned!
- Kassandra: Sokrates too, it seems.
- Alkibiades: Much like you, he just can't seem to stay away. I hope there were no issues?
- Kassandra: Yes. He just needed a little push.
- Alkibiades: Ah. I was worried about that. Well, you did the right thing.
- Kassandra: You kept information from me – information that would have been nice to know.
- Alkibades: I believe people like Sophanes deserve second chances. I didn't think what he did mattered to you.
- Kassandra: Next time, let me decide what matters to me.
- Alkibiades: Understood. I should give Sophanes the news.
Alkibiades left.
- Sokrates: Do not bad citizens do harm to their neighbors, and good citizens, good? Is it impossible to tell if someone will be good or bad without first giving them a chance?
- Kassandra: A person isn't the same forever. Someone bad can become good.
- Sokrates: But is the inverse not also true? Someone considered good can then become bad... How can we predict someone's actions now, let alone in the future?
- Kassandra: We can't. One thing I've learned is people are unpredictable. It's what makes my job so hard sometimes.
- Sokrates: If what you say is true, we can either hope we are right, and that people will be good, or limit risk by not giving people like Sophanes a chance.
- Sokrates: I wonder then if bad actions can reverse good, or good actions can reverse bad. Perhaps we can speak on that another time.
- Kassandra: Thank the gods.
Outcome[]
Kassandra helped Alkibiades to look for a man named Peiroos, who either agreed to be a witness or refuse to be one.
Trivia[]
- The title of the memory is a reference to the 2015 movie Mad Max: Fury Road, in which "Witness me!" was used as a catchphrase.
- If Hermippos is unveiled as a member of the Cult of Kosmos or slain before this quest is completed, the quest "Free Speech" will automatically complete at the conclusion of this quest and provide its rewards simultaneously.
Gallery[]
Kassandra approaching Peiroos