[ Balanced, though. Oddly. He took his time to find some kind of center. Well, as much as he could. He wanted to trust Ezra; he did back then, too. He just. You know. Did what he always did. ] Besides the infuriating notion that even after everything he could still be the better man? [ Heavy sarcasm in those last two words yet it also came with an amused chuckle. ] I wonder if he did it to spite me.

[ He's quiet again. The type of silence that lingered as if he had more to say but couldn't yet. No, Maul knew that wasn't it and perhaps that was the frustrating part. One of many. ]