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Maul:
His eyes snapped open, and he fell out of the careful meditation he had been in in few seconds ago.
The reason? It interrupted by a flash of hurt and pain. Ezra. His apprentice had opened the Sith Holocron, many times now, (Much to Maul's delight), but, it didn't seem like his former master approved. The boy seemed to be moving away from the Force Signature that was the Jedi, and Maul probably wouldn't get another chance like this soon. When the Zabrak had invaded Ezra's mind a few weeks ago, he was merely finding an easy path into the boy's mind, and securing that path. Now that he had succeeded, locating him was easy. He landed the stolen TIE near the cave where the boy lay hidden.
Maul could tell that his apprentice was conflicted, confused, angry and guilty. SO he needed to be very careful with how he proceeded or both he and the Jedi would lose him.
Ever so slowly he walked in, to where his apprentice sat on the floor with his head bowed.
"Ezra."
The boy looked up, his eyes unfocused.
"M-maul..?"
"Hello, my young apprentice." Came the Zabrak's response.
"What...what're you doing here?" Maul raised an eyebrow. Ezra wasn't overly surprised to see him. Or that fearful of him.
For now, he would work to his advantage.
"I...heard you. Your fear, your pain. If I heard it, all the way across the galaxy, then others heard it as well..."
"R-really? I didn't know.." Ezra glanced at the floor, his eyes wide.
Maul said nothing, just walked around the boy, observing him quietly.
"...It's all my fault," The boy said suddenly. "It's my fault Kanan's blind...And Ahsoka's..." He seemed to choke over his words then.
Maul sat opposite to him.
"None of this is your fault, Ezra. If anything...blame "Master" Yoda. He sent you there. If not for Him, Your master wouldn't be blind. Ahsoka would still be alive."
"B-but Master Yoda sent us there for a reason! 's all apart of some..plan."
"Then Your master's injury, and Ahsoka's death is all a part of that plan, don't you see Ezra?" Maul leaned forward slightly, his eyes wide.
"But...it all feels so...so Wrong! This...can't be..." The boy abruptly burst into tears, causing Maul to smile slightly.
This was good, Ezra letting his emotions out. He wasn't following the Jedi code, where one is expected not to...to Feel.
If Ezra let his feelings control him, His feelings would control his actions.
He just had to get the right reaction from him. So, for now, he would be Ezra's mentor, confident. Someone he could trust, and someone who he could come to, when the Jedi threw him out.
When the Jedi abandoned him, left him to rot.
He would be there, when no one else would be.
He would be what Maul never had, and never will have.
