[Maul begins to smile too. He and Usagi are on the same page here.]

He appears to be a slow learner much as I am. This could take a while.

[Well, Maul is feeling much better about his his first malicious death here in Trench might have been a warranted one. At least he figures Usagi can run interference for him if anyone wants to bring out the torches and pitchforks. She can just direct them to spend five minutes with Johnny and then see if the strong urge for homicide rises in any of them.]

I should see what he does when confronted with Savage. Anyone who chooses to run their mouth around my brother is clearly suicidal.

[While Maul is intimidating himself, of course, Savage is seven feet tall and built like a small tank. Anyone who looked at him and decided that was the person to mess with had a death wish.]