I would like to say that's surprising but I believe you can do just about anything you want to with your powers.

[Even if that was reviving the dead. Maul wonders if Usagi really is the most powerful person in the city given all that she can do.

Maul looks displeased at the thought that Anakin couldn't see just how great Usagi was. If even someone like Maul could grow to love her, then clearly anyone who didn't was defective.]

I'm not sure he likes anyone which makes me wonder what Obi-Wan and his paramour must see in him.

[Does he even have any moods besides angry or weeping?]

It is. Having most of your major organs eviscerated with a hot blade of plasma means most victims die instantly.

[Even those that lingered, like Qui-Gon after Maul had sadistically run him through, usually only lasted a short amount of time.]

The same thing that happened to me, I am afraid. My master sunk his claws deep into his mind and he's been brainwashed to think he can give him what he most desires, which is to save the woman he so dearly loves.

[Maul's learned quite a bit about Anakin's situation since he first came to Deerington but it hasn't made him one iota more sympathetic towards the young Jedi's plight.]

It will not be easy. Look at me. I haven't fully succeeded even after all the time I have been trying. And Skywalker is frightfully stubborn and has all the brain capacity of an amoeba.....actually, an amoeba might be a generous comparison.

[The one thing he will admit that Anakin has going for him is that he is a Jedi, so getting him back on the Light Side should be easier than it has been for Maul, who has naturally been on the Dark Side his entire life.]

I don't think he listens to anyone, which is partially how he's gotten himself into this mess. He also doesn't think at all which is the other part of the problem. Knowing Sidious, he's whispered honeyed words into his ears and told him exactly what he wants to hear without ever intending on fulfilling on what he has promised.

[Maul sighs, massaging his temples up by his horns. Really, Anakin makes him tired with how much of a disaster he seems to be most of the time.]

Short of showing him any number of childhood memories of how cruel he was to me, I doubt he'll listen. My master can be incredibly persuasive that way.

Absolutely not.

[Maul says with the same firmness as a door that has been slammed shut.]

You always say people will not use my past against me but I can guarantee you that Jedi would. I shan't put myself in a vulnerable position just to teach him what it took me seventeen years to figure out: that my master cares about no one but himself.

What a pity a good beating won't realign his mind. If it could, I definitely would have done so by now.