I've experienced this time and again, both here and in Deerington. If I didn't grow used to it at some point, I'd start losing my mind. [It hurts to lose the ones Maul cares about but he's gotten a more Zen attitude about it these days. It helps to know they might not be gone forever. He's seen more than one person come back after being in the ocean or having been left in Deerington before. That hope and knowing they're not being sent to be tortured somewhere else makes him feel alright.]

There's something to be said for making one wish they were dead and then not granting them their request. Once they are dead, then it's just.....over. Pain that goes on and on and on can be quite delicious. [Of course, one ran the risk of their target managing to escape the prolonged torment or somehow finding the strength to rally against what was happening, as had happened with Kenobi on Mandalore, but sometimes the risks had to be taken in order to truly make someone suffer.

Maul snorts softly in something close to amusement but not quite. That is true. It's not like he knows anything like what a healthy relationship with a father looks like]

My relationship with him has always been extremely complicated. He is about as terrible as yours if not moreso. [He pauses.] Maybe it would be a tie between the two of them if it was a contest.

[Maul shakes his head, tutting softly. Famous last words right there.]

This place has a tendency to take absolutes and turn them on their heads. If he is a nightmare for you to handle, this place might create a facsimile of him or something similar for you to face. Do you think your brother would come to your aid if you were being terrorized by him again?