"I may be able to figure out the device, I have a little experience with future technology and some of it tends to be fairly intuitive." Malik nodded before shifting to loop his arm over Altair's shoulders, pressing his forehead against the other man's.

"Safety and peace, Altair. We will find both between us, no matter how strange a land we walk. We have been through too many victories and defeats to let something like a few decades between what we remember from home come between us."

It's something he needs to hear too, and saying such things aloud tends to be far more helpful than keeping them silent.