Cal was probably not a big astronomy buff. Just as well; Altaïr did not want to be made fun of, like they were children, for being named after a star. He could have been named just regular old Ahmed or Abdullah...

The Workshop was Leonardo's recreation of his own back home, complete with (fake) Italian sun streaming in through the windows. It had been expanded to house many books, several worktables, bedrooms, a dissection area behind a curtain, and another area with a seemingly nonsensical balcony, sparring dummies, and a haystack. The shelves of books seemed to hold tomes from many time periods and languages. They were well-organized, thanks to the efforts of Malik and Altaïr.

"Up here." There were spiral stairs leading to the studies.