[Maul instinctively tenses up and then flinches away when Luna touches his shoulder. It's nothing personal. Maul's just been conditioned to associate touch with punishment. His master never touched him except to hurt him and the only other people Maul was consistently surrounded by were the caretaker droids who watched over him, who didn't exactly have hands full of compassion for the boy either.]
Uh-huh.
[He's still listening even if he's not saying much, it's just that he's nervous right now, a bit afraid that the other shoe is going to drop and punishment will be doled out by Luna. He's not used to people being kind to him most of the time. He waits and when nothing comes he seems to calm down just a little, though he still doesn't look like he wants to be touched.]
'Kay. I've been making stuff when I visit her. She's nice. I can tell.
[Maul gravitates towards matriarchal presences given his upbringing on Dathomir, where the Nightsisters were the ones completely in charge of everyone that was Nightkin. It makes sense that he's been attracted to what he can sense from Moon Presence through the Force.]
I made that earlier.
[He points over to a design in the snow which has been made into a bunch of swirling patterns. Half of them don't look finished like he'd gotten bored halfway through making them but they are indeed quite creative for an eight-year old.]
Luna
[Maul instinctively tenses up and then flinches away when Luna touches his shoulder. It's nothing personal. Maul's just been conditioned to associate touch with punishment. His master never touched him except to hurt him and the only other people Maul was consistently surrounded by were the caretaker droids who watched over him, who didn't exactly have hands full of compassion for the boy either.]
Uh-huh.
[He's still listening even if he's not saying much, it's just that he's nervous right now, a bit afraid that the other shoe is going to drop and punishment will be doled out by Luna. He's not used to people being kind to him most of the time. He waits and when nothing comes he seems to calm down just a little, though he still doesn't look like he wants to be touched.]
'Kay. I've been making stuff when I visit her. She's nice. I can tell.
[Maul gravitates towards matriarchal presences given his upbringing on Dathomir, where the Nightsisters were the ones completely in charge of everyone that was Nightkin. It makes sense that he's been attracted to what he can sense from Moon Presence through the Force.]
I made that earlier.
[He points over to a design in the snow which has been made into a bunch of swirling patterns. Half of them don't look finished like he'd gotten bored halfway through making them but they are indeed quite creative for an eight-year old.]