The Unkindest Cut

The Unkindest Cut was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
==Description==
Kassandra travelled to the Farmhouse to free Praxithea alongside Lykaon.
==Dialogue==
Kassandra made her way to the Farmhouse, guarded by a group of bandits. She identified the site with Ikaros' help.
*Kassandra: That must be the farm where Praxithea is being held prisoner.
Kassandra entered the farmhouse, killing the bandits in the area. She found Praxithea being held in a cage, freeing her.
*Praxithea: Thank you, my child! We must get away from here.
Kassandra escorted Praxithea out of the farmhouse.
*Praxithea: Thank you for saving me, dear child.
*Kassandra: Don't thank me, voice of Apollo. Or were those someone's words you spoke?
*Praxithea: So you've met my grandson. You're right, I lied to everyone. I am so sorry... The gods should have killed me by now.
*Praxithea: Instead, they made me live with my remorse.
(If "Why did you give false prophecies?" is chosen)
*Kassandra: Why did you spread lies? People trusted you. You were supposed to bring them the word of Apollo.
*Praxithea: I didn't plan to, not when I was chosen to be the Oracle of Apollo. But I met people there who told me I must speak the words they asked. Or else my family would suffer for my disobedience.
*Praxithea: Family? Do you remember telling a Spartan family that their younger child must die? A grieving mother with eyes like mine?
*Praxithea: I am so sorry for what you have lost.
(If "Who kidnapped you?" is chosen)
*Kassandra: Who wanted you kidnapped? These brutals didn't come up with the idea themselves.
*Praxithea: Please don't ask me that. The ones who want to punish me now, the ones who told me what to say... They would burry you alive if I told you about them.
*Kassandra: The ones with masks and dark cloaks. The Cult of Kosmos.
*Praxithea: Do not speak their name!
(If "That's all I needed to hear." is chosen)
Lykaon arrived shortly afterwards.
*Lykaon: Grandmother...
She approached Kassandra.
*Lykaon: Did she tell you? Is she the oracle who brought ruin on your family?
*Praxithea: I'm sorry for what I've done. I accept my punishment. But please, don't let my grandson kill me. Lykaon's a good man, a healer. This would break him.
*Lykaon: No. She's my responsibility. I must be the one to end her.
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|-|You must be the one to kill her.=
*Kassandra: If you don’t finish this, Lykaon, you won’t be able to live with yourself. Go on, kill her.
Lykaon walked over to Praxithea, but faltered.
*Lykaon: I... I... I can’t.
*Kassandra: Then this is where I leave. Live as a killer or live as a coward, Lykaon. I can’t help you any more.
Kassandra walked off, leaving a distressed Lykaon and his grandmother.
|-|Violence won't solve anything.=
*Kassandra: I've killed enough people to know that violence has no end. Better to move on and make the best if the lives the gods have given you.
*Lykaon: Move on? But you said Praxithea ruined your family...
*Kassandra: She can do no more harm. Killing her for revenge won't change what happened. Besides, didn't you tell me something about hope?
*Praxithea: Thank you for your mercy. I promise I will do good with what's left of my days.
Praxithea left the conversation.
*Lykaon: You're right, Kassandra. I might not be able to forgive my grandmother, not right away. But she can go on with her life, and I with mine.
*Kassandra: I think you've made the right decision, Lykaon.
*Lykaon: How do you do this? Decide who lives and who dies?
*Kassandra: How do you do it, Lykaon? All those lives depending on you, needing your healing and kindess.
*Lykaon: I... I think I need you, Kassandra. Not to kill anybody or find anything. Just to stay with me.
|-|I'll kill her.=
*Kassandra: You’re a healer, Lykaon, not a killer. I. am. You still have a hope of a better life beyond this.
*Lykaon: No, Kassandra, I can-
Kassandra cut Lykaon off and turned to Praxithea.
*Kassandra: This woman betrayed the trust of the gods and of the people who seek their wisdom. In the name of all those betrayed by your false prophecies, oracle, I end your miserable life.
Praxithea puts up no fight as Kassandra killed her. Once the oracle was dead, Kassandra talked to Lykaon again.
*Kassandra: She’s dead.
*Lykaon: You didn’t have to, I could have done it.
*Kassandra: Probably. But you didn’t have to. You get to be the honorable healer. I’m the misthios.
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==Outcome==
Kassandra helped Lykaon to free her grandmother Praxithea. She was given the choice to either spare Praxithea, kill Praxithea herself, or let Lykaon be the one to kill her.
==Gallery==
ACOD The Unkindest Cut 1.png|Kassandra finds the farmhouse where Praxithea was kept
ACOD The Unkindest Cut 2.png|Kassandra finds Praxithea held in a cage
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
de:Der schlimmste Schnitt
fr:Sort peu enviable
Category:Memories of Kassandra
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5