Ezio had listened carefully to all that X had to say before trying to decide what to make of it all.  He if what X said was true, was from the distant past, while this Reploid was from the distant future.  That made sense in a very weird sort of way, but it still sounded impossible, or it would have been if not for the proof all around them at present.  They had both come to a 'portal or gate' for two different reasons but had arrived in the same place at relatively the same time.  And it seemed they wouldn't be the only ones as yet a third joined them, the assassin turning gracefully to face the light rather than look away from it as X had done.  "Hold that thought X since it seems we are not alone anymore."  Ezio replied, admiring the beautiful woman as he put his right hand under his chin in a thoughtful pose as she approached, his eyes unable but to sweep over her figure until she started to walk around the Reploid beside him.  He cocked his head to the side and didn't move an inch as she accidentally bumped into him, but he chuckled in good humor as he shook his head at her question.  "I assume you mean this man beside me when you say Machina, another word for machine from wherever it is you came from.  I think I'll let him answer that question himself however since it'd be rude for me to talk for a friend.  He's quite capable of speaking for himself, as you'll find out soon enough.  As for you, who might you be?  My own name is Ezio Auditore."  The assassin bit he kept to himself for now, unsure how she'd handle such news since women were still kind of treated as second class citizens of a sort, but things were getting better in that regard.  He himself saw them as equals but he still had it ingrained in his being to protect them and what have you, even the ones that fought on equal footing with men like him.