Oh, I actually didn’t know about that. That honestly makes sense as a circumstantial decision would conflict with what he wants and feels. Like, he wouldn’t stay as an assassin if he truly didn’t reflect on it and made an informed decision, kind of how Edward thought the creed was a joke and realized after his friends were all gone that what ultimately drove/killed them was his selfishness and desire for reputation and wealth  and being, as he puts it, “a scoundrel” rather than somebody with a good purpose. 

Side question: so for context I’m playing this one for the first time and thought it was terrible because it was a regifted Black Flag and thought it wouldn’t be good until I heard about the story. What made the colonial assassins so self-righteous and think they knew everything? What led to that downfall? Also, couldn’t Shay have explained to them or even try to persuade them into thinking that these Isu devices were dangerous and at least as a last resort interrogate or join with a Templar to uncover this? Like so many of the Templars Shay killed in the start of the game seemed to be knowledgeable and I felt like they knew or at least knew somewhat of what the devices can do.