I, ah, killed someone. And not a mercy-killing like with Wesker.

[Then he goes on to quickly clarify.]

But he was just such an odious individual, the way he was talking about women and men just made me want to hurt him. I believe you or Ruby might have spoken to him and the way he was talking about you.... if it had been the other way around, I'm sure you would have wanted to hurt him too. He also insulted me as well, the fool, talking about how painting my nails with you makes me less of a man somehow. I think he used some Earth insults like "pansy" and "fairy."

[Color Maul surprised! He's completely taken aback as he'd expected Usagi to scold him, berate him, or at the very least have this expression on her face.]

You're not....you're not going to tell me how wrong it was for me to kill him?

[Once again, Maul is reminded that his wife can be very, very scary sometimes. But he doesn't blame her one bit in this instance.]

I did. I gave him a warning to stop his foolish actions but instead he wanted to fight. He'll be back soon enough. Maybe he will learn a lesson from this on insulting people simply because he is full of ignorant ideas on how people should act according to something as insignificant as gender.

[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.]

That still doesn't mean he won't fold someone in half if they somehow enrage him.

[Maul is sorely tempted to egg on his little brother just to see what he'd do to Johnny.]

Yes, there doesn't seem to be a lot that gets through that rather thick skull of his. I'm sure all lessons will need to be beaten into him.

I'll just have to pass along the message he doesn't need to hold back if this idiot challenges my brother to combat.

[Though Maul is already getting the positively evil idea of tricking Johnny into fighting Savage. He'd love to see that.]

I doubt he listens to anyone, though perhaps the fact I killed him might garner some respect out of the fool.

Alright. But when he does do it and want to eat Johnny's body afterwards, I will not stop him.

[Everyone knew Maul was a hothead but few had seen Savage fly completely off the handle.]

I suppose you are right.

[As he's already learned, she always is. Maul snorted and shook his head.]

Small chance of that happening.

Alright, I'll tell him to leave his body alone when he inevitably crushes him like a flea.

[Maul sounds far too pleased about that idea coming to pass.]

Many men have this attitude on Earth? [Maul sounds a bit shocked. He supposes maybe this place just has brought a bunch of progressive Sleepers, or rather, what they should have already been thinking of all along.] No wonder it is a place full of sentient morons.

[Maul's face is just full of disapproval. He's never really heard of something like this being quite so prominent on planet Earth. Apparently, the people he's encountered over the past two years have mostly knowledgeable enough not to engage in misogyny and sexism.]

You know when my brother first arrived, he described the people of Earth as "sentient morons." While I know that is not true, there is a certain subset it does seem to apply to.

Perhaps. But it seems to be very prevalent among the human beings of Earth from what I have seen.