The Hidden Blade Assassin's Creed in Depth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZfgtsAloE8

Just think of it as taking out the trash early. This video takes place when you reach the part of the game to assassinate Uberto.

Setup

During the Mercato Vecchio mission, when you pursue La Volpe's decoy in the streets, you can tackle him in a matter of seconds because he runs slowly. So you end up on the ground not very far from the market, yet the following cutscene begins with both of you on a roof by the water on the other side of the district. I thought this time/space leap could be explained if you let the thief run to see if he goes there by himself. It turns out he does run all the way to the building on which roof the cutscene begins, but he runs in circles around it instead of climbing.

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but Ezio can accomplish a lot very early in the game. Feel free to ignore.

I am starting a playthrough where I will be creating game saves at particular times (especially for assassinations). As part of this, I decided I want to do as much as I can viewpoint wise before moving on with the game.

As the oldest brother and most likely to take up the mantle of Assassin after his father, I was wondering if Federico was possibly training under his father as an Assassin already. In canon, he probably wasn't, but it would be interesting if Ezio was being saved for a later time.