[There's a series of small claps from the child. He looks about as close to delighted as his oddly stern face might permit, pointed ears perked upright. He gladly passes Maul a good share of the haul.]
Incredible.
[He picks up one of the split bones for himself, and begins to scrape out the marrow. What a lucky find! It's barely gone off.]
Did you learn at a temple...? All I can do is make a barrier.
[Maul scraped some of the marrow out with his sharp teeth. Not a bad meal for a scrounging Nightbrother kit!]
No, master teaches me most of what I know.
[Maul was smart and picked up on concepts quickly. Sometimes, he learned things during his master's frequent absence just through trial and error, though most of the time the more intricate step-by-step processes were because Darth Sidious was guiding him.]
[At acting and acrobatics! It's all very good stuff - the child quite enjoyed living among them. He hopes he just got kidnapped and they didn't simply get sick of him and dump him off in this strange city with a stranger name.]
Obāsan likes yokai. She can see the ones most cannot, and she is kind to the ones most are afraid of. You are an oni, no?
An oni? [Maul sucked more of the marrow out of one of the bones, his small brow furrowing as he looked confused at the terminology used. He wondered if that was a species he hadn't heard of before.] No, I'm not an oni. I'm a Zabrak.
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Incredible.
[He picks up one of the split bones for himself, and begins to scrape out the marrow. What a lucky find! It's barely gone off.]
Did you learn at a temple...? All I can do is make a barrier.
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No, master teaches me most of what I know.
[Maul was smart and picked up on concepts quickly. Sometimes, he learned things during his master's frequent absence just through trial and error, though most of the time the more intricate step-by-step processes were because Darth Sidious was guiding him.]
Do you have a master too?
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[He shakes his head. He doesn't want one either. A master can own you in ways the child would never accept.]
I travel with a saragaku troupe. But obāsan shows me secret things, with smoke and masks and mirrors and minds.
[He smiles - it's a small, thin thing, but genuine.]
She could show you too. She likes things like us.
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[Maul asked, pronouncing the word carefully.]
'N what do you mean things like us?
[He was a bit too young to get offended at the phrasing chosen.]
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[At acting and acrobatics! It's all very good stuff - the child quite enjoyed living among them. He hopes he just got kidnapped and they didn't simply get sick of him and dump him off in this strange city with a stranger name.]
Obāsan likes yokai. She can see the ones most cannot, and she is kind to the ones most are afraid of. You are an oni, no?
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