it was the silence underneath the stars

[democratically]

Who: Padmé + various
What: Catch-all event + various prompts
When: March
Where: Various locations
Content Warnings: Will update as needed.

PROMPT 1: JUNGLE LEVEL : OPEN

PROMPT 2: CATACOMBS LEVEL : OPEN

PROMPT 3: BLOOD DETOX : OPEN

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[survivalthroughhate]

[Happy to move onto a subject not quite so heavy on his hearts as that of Julia Sodder, Maul counts off the number of pets on his fingers, muttering just barely loud enough to be heard.]

Let us see....the vornskr, the warg, the Shuppet, the Mankey....

[He looks back up at Padmé.]

Four. [A pause.] So far.

[The Nightmare Steed and the blood hound he's come into contact with definitely aren't pets yet. They just sort of tolerate his presence while he does things like handfeed them.]

[democratically]

Meaning you plan on more, brother aside.

[It already seems that he has quite the menagerie, although Padmé has no idea what they are. Then again, it doesn't matter. So long as he does and knows what to properly feed them, then that is all that matters. She does pause, eyes on the bloodhound again.]

Did you grow up with any pets?

[survivalthroughhate]

Possibly.

[He's a bit predictable in this area but he can't help it. Maul infinitely prefers the company of animals to people, socially awkward being that he is.]

My brother has a dwarf rathtar as well.

[Maul's face grows a little guarded at Padm&eacut;'s question. He's not comfortable yet with sharing any of his deep, dark past with the Senator just yet.]

Not a one.

[democratically]

[Possibly isn't a no which likely is a yes. Not that she is judging. If they are cared for, what concern of it is Padmé's if he has a whole zoo of creatures?

There is that shift on his features, so Padmé turns away from it. Turns back to the hound that... is surprisingly making a dent on that blister. If there were none, what else would the animal eat, or do they have different items in their diet as well?]

We never did. We were always busy, and it wouldn't have been fair to drag a creature here, there, and everywhere.

[survivalthroughhate]

That is much how it is with me. My life was always too unpredictable until I came here.

[His eyes grow distant, thinking of the past.]

And when I was growing up I'm sure my master would have killed or make me kill anything I formed an attachment with.

[He knew the inside of Sidious' mind well enough to know that much about him. In fact, that's exactly what he'd forced Maul to do, only instead of animals it had been everyone at Orsis Academy who Maul had known for over five years, including the few friends he'd made.]

[democratically]

[His master. Padmé found her lips pursing a little at that. She knew, of course, of the relationship between a Jedi and their Padawan. It would never be something that she understood completely, as she didn't have the access to the Force like they did or the ability to use it, but she also knew that it wasn't something that had been built on fear.

Then again, they had not been about attachments either, as Padmé could recall easily enough how they had desired her to back away from Anakin. She hadn't. Rather she had brought him to Naboo to wed him.]

I'm glad that you have the opportunity now then.

[Delicately, regarding him with that calm stillness.]