I already died once in that quest for vengeance. That's how I knew what my purpose was had to change.
[He'd seen the future that played out between him and Obi-Wan when they were old men, how he'd not cared if he lived or died by then so long as he could still continue to keep hurting his old foe. The fact he'd died during the attempt simply met that his pain would have been at an end instead of continuing ever onwards.
He shook his head when Dabi said his life was worthless.]
So you say. That's anathema to what a Force-user believes.
[Maul believed that all life was worth something and had a purpose, even if that purpose was solely that they were meant to die by his hands. To hear someone claim they had none was a sad state of affairs in his eyes. Between Chara and Dabi both taking about how worthless life was in general, he had a good mind to knock their heads together.]
I do understand to some extent. I've been on the other side of it. I was the clear favorite of my mother. She would have done anything for me. But my brothers? They were just spares, pawns to be used in whatever goal she had in mind at the time.
[Maul's feelings on his mother were....complicated. He loved her intensely and knew she felt the same way. But he couldn't justify the way she'd treated both Savage and Feral. There had been no reason to do some of the things she'd done, Feral's death and Savage's brainwashing in particular standing out to him. In the end, he had supposed his mother had just been a person with faults just like anyone else.
At the question, Maul grabbed some of the jerky, chewing on it before giving an answer so he could strip some of the emotion from his voice.]
I got cut in half during an important battle when I was young by the man I'd eventually seek revenge on.
[He moved some of the layers at his waist to show the exact spot where it had happened. There was a few lights there that could have been mistaken for something like a flashy belt from far away, though the nature of what one was looking at when they got closer and saw the intricate technology that was help powering Maul's prosthetics.
It was clear that for just about anyone else such a blow would have been fatal. But Maul had survived due to his anger and rage, simply refusing to die until he'd gotten revenge on Obi-Wan Kenobi. His stubbornness could be legendary that way. Certain people in Trench were exasperated at how slow he tended to learn some lessons, but considering how hard-headed he'd been his whole life, it was no surprise.]
no subject
[He'd seen the future that played out between him and Obi-Wan when they were old men, how he'd not cared if he lived or died by then so long as he could still continue to keep hurting his old foe. The fact he'd died during the attempt simply met that his pain would have been at an end instead of continuing ever onwards.
He shook his head when Dabi said his life was worthless.]
So you say. That's anathema to what a Force-user believes.
[Maul believed that all life was worth something and had a purpose, even if that purpose was solely that they were meant to die by his hands. To hear someone claim they had none was a sad state of affairs in his eyes. Between Chara and Dabi both taking about how worthless life was in general, he had a good mind to knock their heads together.]
I do understand to some extent. I've been on the other side of it. I was the clear favorite of my mother. She would have done anything for me. But my brothers? They were just spares, pawns to be used in whatever goal she had in mind at the time.
[Maul's feelings on his mother were....complicated. He loved her intensely and knew she felt the same way. But he couldn't justify the way she'd treated both Savage and Feral. There had been no reason to do some of the things she'd done, Feral's death and Savage's brainwashing in particular standing out to him. In the end, he had supposed his mother had just been a person with faults just like anyone else.
At the question, Maul grabbed some of the jerky, chewing on it before giving an answer so he could strip some of the emotion from his voice.]
I got cut in half during an important battle when I was young by the man I'd eventually seek revenge on.
[He moved some of the layers at his waist to show the exact spot where it had happened. There was a few lights there that could have been mistaken for something like a flashy belt from far away, though the nature of what one was looking at when they got closer and saw the intricate technology that was help powering Maul's prosthetics.
It was clear that for just about anyone else such a blow would have been fatal. But Maul had survived due to his anger and rage, simply refusing to die until he'd gotten revenge on Obi-Wan Kenobi. His stubbornness could be legendary that way. Certain people in Trench were exasperated at how slow he tended to learn some lessons, but considering how hard-headed he'd been his whole life, it was no surprise.]