"A good change, I hope, since it represents being able to let go of some of the past for me." So much of his anger had always been tied up in what Sidious had put him through and how miserable his life had always been while under the control of the Sith Lord. Now that he was finally able to let that go, his eyes could resume their natural color. "But you are right. When someone makes me angry around here--" And inevitably that would happen. "--They will return."

"We'll have to make some time for such an occasion," Maul said with an evil glint in his eyes. No doubt at some point, someone would foolishly try to mess with Maul. Then he'd let Reaper have at them as much as he wanted to.

Maul nuzzled against Reaper with clear affection. "I've told you before. I don't fall in love easily or often. You've always been special that way." It was a rare person who could capture Maul's hearts in a romantic fashion and there had been no one in his galaxy who had been able to do so since he'd been a teenager.