Maul, no offense, you barely have patience for me most days. [She used next manicure tool to get underneath his claws, wiping out the grime onto a napkin.]

I battle all the time too, my nails never look like this. [She held up his claw, one of his nails had been snapped clean off and she began to file them as best she could to 1. be sharper, but 2. be close to the same length.]

You know, I know you don't care about it, but you should still make amends. Lance was your target, the people of Prufrock don't deserve to deal with everything you did and to fix what YOU broke or destroyed. You don't HAVE to feel bad about it, but you should still do what you can to make up for YOUR actions. [She paused in her filing to take a sip of her hot cocoa.]

[At the "claw someone's eyes out" comment, she looked down at her hands, what he didn't know was that everything was ready so quickly because she had cut off every claw that had been on her own fingers earlier. Her tongue idly ran over her fangs and she gave an idle shrug.]

My way of fighting tends to be all or nothing. [She either healed them or destroyed them, there was no in-between.]

I'm not saying you CARE. I'm saying you act like an ADULT and take responsibility for YOUR actions, you giant baby. [She hissed out.] You don't have to care about everyone, you don't have to care about anyone, honestly. But you fix what you broke and you broke a whole damn neighborhood. [She scowled, keeping her head bowed to hide her fangs since she was gritting them and filing a little harder than she would usually intend.]

[Maybe pick better actions then, Maul. She began painting the base coat, deciding to go with the rainbow of red, orange, brown, yellow, and burgundy.]

Well, since you can't exactly just FIX homes, you can help with clean-up, like moving giant pieces of rubble and debris out of the streets or off the land. We're about to hit winter and you've caused a whole bunch of people to lose their homes, Maul. So have someone reach out to them about helping them get a new home to live in that's safe and warm. Hell, do what you do best, kill some giant animal and leave it on their doorstep for food, SOMETHING since you destroyed a whole bunch of lives. Since you can't be assed to care about random strangers whose lives you've wrecked, pretend it's my home you're doing this for, or Varian's, or Savage. [She scowled and reshook the bottle of yellow since it was so gloopy.]

Fine.

I'm trying to teach Obi-Wan how to heal using the Force.

[There, something else, just as requested.]

Unsurprisingly, he got it on the first session. Which I very much guarantee has everything to do with HIM being Obi-Wan and literally nothing about my being his teacher.

[Because why would Usagi possibly think she's good at anything outside of sleeping, eating, shopping, and video games?]

I'm sure he'll be an even better healer than I am. [Usagi, you can and DID heal the galaxy, give yourself SOME credit.] People will likely actually GO to him for healing too, I'm sure. [Which... is a sticking point for the blonde. All the ability to heal again and no one will ever let her.]

Well, I will say, the Force is... interesting. I told him to ask it for help and that seemed to do the trick. I've always asked my powers for help, never "told" them what to do, you know? Even when I transferred my powers to another person or people gave me theirs, it was always at my request.

You'd be one of the few. [She frowns.] I mean, I understood back in Deerington, that place MESSED with my powers. But that isn't the case anymore. Sometimes I think I should offer it out on the Omnis. But I don't know that people would believe me.

I wonder what might happen if you asked instead? [She had finished the second coat, waiting for it to dry as she moved for the clear topcoat.]

And you've never actually asked about my powers. [She tilted her head, her thumb idly running along the back of his hand.] But yes, I can. I can transfer my powers to another. I can do massive amounts or small amounts. I get them back, I'm not able to give a portion of my powers and let people keep it yet. And I can accept the powers of others, too. I mean, all things considered, I could probably accept the Force, if we tried. But for me to transfer my power, it has to be an active decision on my part. For you to transfer your powers to me, it has to be an active decision on yours. [She's not sure she could take someone's powers by force, even if she tried, but she has no desire to find out.]

It does make me feel... helpless, though, knowing I can help and unable to.

Try. What's the worse that could happen? [She reached over for the acetone and a cotton swab to take care of some mild spillage on his skin.]

I know. [She looked up at him, smiling.] And I appreciate that you are. So to answer your question, yes, I can transfer my power. I control for how long and how much. So if you really want to try it, we can. [She closed her eyes and smiled when he rested his forehead against hers, knowing he was always so careful about his horns on her skin.]

See, I can tell you right now that when you took my crystal you got a hint about my power. But you were still using the crystal without my permission. It's a very different feeling when I willingly give it. It will... flow through you differently. I don't know how my crystal feels when it's by force because it's a part of me. I can't exist without it.

But what I can tell you is how it will feel when I give it, because I know how it feels for me.

It will be warm, welcoming, and loving. [She moved to rest her fingers atop his hands, keeping their foreheads pressed together. Then she lightly ran her nails up along his arms.] It will feel like it both is and isn't a part of you, that it's always been there but also never existed. You will feel ancient and new all at once. [She moved her hands up to his shoulders and then down his chest.] It will wrap around your core and make you feel like you can achieve miracles. [She pressed her palm where one of his hearts rested. She then moved up to rest her hands on either side of his head, careful of his horns. Usagi and her crystal were, ultimately, intrinsically linked. She could not exist without it. It could not be properly used without her.] Light will course through your veins, your cells, every bit of your being, and it will... feel like nothing you've felt before, not even when I've healed you.

[She pulled her hands away.]

It will do exactly as you ask because my crystal knows I wouldn't have given my power without fully trusting in that person.

But... I don't know how it feels when it leaves you. [Because it never has.]

As for leaving you. [She smiled and tilted her head.] I thought I told you, you're stuck with me. There are going to be times I'm angry with you, when I'm upset by something you've done. [Glitch immediately came to mind.] But the moon exists in darkness for a reason.

Maybe, or maybe you'll feel even stronger in the Force than you've ever felt. Both are possibilities. Or maybe nothing will change at all. Also a very real possibility.

[She did know what she meant and she pressed her lips together before shaking her head.]

....No. [She sighs, softly.] It won't. [She looked up at him.] Because... in the end, the power wouldn't stay with you, it has to come back to me. [She tilted her head.] ... And... I wonder if that would be even worse for you, knowing what that feels like and not being able to keep it in the end.

[She doesn't bother to talk about what having as much power as she does actually equates to. She knows he won't listen to her saying that even having all the power in the universe, being the strongest being in the universe equaled only by Chaos, your cosmic equal, it does not protect everyone like you want it to.]

[She doesn't bother to tell him that she's able to give it literally whenever she chooses, it is her magic, after all, it is her power. She asks and it comes. She merely nods.]

Maybe we can try asking the Force first?

And don't jinx it, there will likely come a "good reason" with Trench.