He wanted to deliberately handicap me. If I was always weaker than he was, he didn't have to fear me becoming stronger than he was and eventually killing him.

[He was certain Force Lightning wasn't the only secret of the Sith that Sidious hadn't told him about. He hadn't ever wanted his apprentice to be able to stand on his own and become the master. But Maul had finally done it. He'd proven he was stronger and able to beat him.

He watched as Savage focused on his own fingers and wondered if it would be possible for him to teach his brother how to use such an ability now that it was within his grasp. But there would be time for that later, when the memories of being possessed by Sidious weren't so fresh for his little brother.

Maul stroked the area around his horns in a fond and comforting manner when he rolled onto his side, the way he'd done even when the two of them were small kits.]

Completely. His presence is nowhere to be found in Trench. And if he does come back out of the sea, I'll just keep throwing him back in until either he stays put or Mariana grows tired of tossing him up on the shoreline.