Savage. There's...there's no war here. There's just us. All of us, here in Trench, trying to make a place for ourselves. To survive, and hopefully more than that. Thrive.
[He sighs.]
Doing what you can to make sure not even you're more isolated isn't abandoning him.
There are still many battles daily. My brother and I survive; that's what we were designed to do.
He may need my assistance.
[Of course, Maul very rarely called on him since he had arrived in Deerington and then Trench. He expected that had to do with fear of him dying, which shouldn't matter because death wasn't permanent.]
My brother has aspirations, yes. And I follow his lead.
[He did not admit that he was working on this whole 'goals and aspirations' concept for himself. He'd never had the opportunities of freedom to do so before, so it was a learning curve he was approaching slowly.]
And I enjoy fighting. I'm good at it. Do you not enjoy a good battle where you lay your opponent on their backs? [Or kill them goes unspoken.]
The adrenaline is worthwhile in life or death. It proves your skills are sharp, but a good spar is also acceptable as a fight.
[Savage went a chilly silent. For some reason, he found that question more invasive than any other. Maybe because he had so little 'his' that the idea of talking about it made it seem like he might have to share.]
[It take him several seconds to work out what in the world Savage even means by kits. And then...making them?
Oh. Ohhhhhh.]
Uhhhhhh. N-No. Not on my to do list. I mean, I've helped take care of small babies before, and honestly I miss them. But not in a hurry to make...my own.
I had a garden, where I was before I got here. Think I'm going to start another here, although it'll be harder.
Males have no choice. We live, fight and die at the will of the Sisters. They choose mates of the strongest of us, and then they kill us when our purpose is served.
There's no such thing as loving too freely. Only mistakes made, in action.
The Empire stripped down the local government. Put a governor appointed by the Emperor and a garrison in place. Kicked people out of the homes and off their farms, and push them into shanty towns. Arrested my parents and a bunch of other people for speaking out, and kept them locked up for years and years.
Murdered people for nearly any excuse and called it punishment for treason. Mined out swaths of land, and burned forest, so much the damage could be seen from space. Blockaded it and cut it off from trade. Bombarded the capital city.
There is. Like all emotion, if it consumes you, you'll make bad decisions. Love is two-faced with light and dark energies. Love makes people stupid.
[As he had been for loving his brothers, and still remained stupid in his own way for continuing to love his elder brother deeply despite knowing the loss of his younger one. Love was a blight, but he freely accepted it for Maul.]
Why didn't the people stop the Empire? Were they too frightened or unskilled?
Any emotion can become attachment. Yes, sure. To love wisely and compassionately takes discipline. But the Jedi way is to strive to be able to offer that to anyone.
To the Jedi, I'm a monster. Yet they are as bad as we are with their child soldiers. They don't love wisely or compassionately. They are about control.
If they aren't willing to defend what is theirs, they have no right to keep it from someone or something willing to take it from them.
No, but you haven't watched me kill clones, Jedi and droids either. You might treat me differently if you saw me in my element. [There was a snort.] He did, yes. Now he seems to have decided to pry me away from my loyalty to my brother, but he's given up on that lately so perhaps he's realized I'm nothing more than a monster and a lost cause.
[He didn't muster much in the way of care. What the Jedi did were their business, and it seemed they had their hands full with Skywalker.]
It wouldn't surprise me, no. He's a Sith, and he was playing the long game to destroy his enemies and consolidate power. But if people don't fight, what they have will be taken from them.
If I see you hurting and killing people, just because you can, then yes, I will try to stop you. I might speak in anger, because anger is natural, and I'm far from perfect.
But my intention would be protecting people. Which is what the Jedi were doing, in the war. Not control.
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[He sighs.]
Doing what you can to make sure not even you're more isolated isn't abandoning him.
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He may need my assistance.
[Of course, Maul very rarely called on him since he had arrived in Deerington and then Trench. He expected that had to do with fear of him dying, which shouldn't matter because death wasn't permanent.]
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Do you - do you not want more than purely surviving? More than fighting? For both of you?
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[He did not admit that he was working on this whole 'goals and aspirations' concept for himself. He'd never had the opportunities of freedom to do so before, so it was a learning curve he was approaching slowly.]
And I enjoy fighting. I'm good at it. Do you not enjoy a good battle where you lay your opponent on their backs? [Or kill them goes unspoken.]
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I enjoy a good spar. I can't say I've enjoyed a fight with life or death stakes...in a while.
Your models. The Legos. What do you enjoy about them?
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[Savage went a chilly silent. For some reason, he found that question more invasive than any other. Maybe because he had so little 'his' that the idea of talking about it made it seem like he might have to share.]
I like... putting things together.
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That's cool. Ship repairs and working on buildings can be pretty satisfying, for me, too.
I think I prefer making things grow, though.
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Are you planning on making kits then?
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Oh. Ohhhhhh.]
Uhhhhhh. N-No. Not on my to do list. I mean, I've helped take care of small babies before, and honestly I miss them. But not in a hurry to make...my own.
I had a garden, where I was before I got here. Think I'm going to start another here, although it'll be harder.
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Ah, you do not have a mate. That will come with time if you're strong enough to be considered breedable.
[Don't worry, he knows all about such things. Except he doesnt'. Human courtship seemed overly complicated.]
You're not one of those vegetable people, are you? [Vegetarian was the word he actually was looking for but didn't bother to learn.]
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I...like vegetables?
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Oh. No wonder you are small.
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Savage. Was that...common, where you're from?
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He's still stunned silent for a long moment.]
Well. You've been...not there, for a while. How do you feel about all that?
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Isn't that how most people feel about their planets?
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I only hated what the Empire did to it.
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What did the Empire do to it?
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The Empire stripped down the local government. Put a governor appointed by the Emperor and a garrison in place. Kicked people out of the homes and off their farms, and push them into shanty towns. Arrested my parents and a bunch of other people for speaking out, and kept them locked up for years and years.
Murdered people for nearly any excuse and called it punishment for treason. Mined out swaths of land, and burned forest, so much the damage could be seen from space. Blockaded it and cut it off from trade. Bombarded the capital city.
I could go on.
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[As he had been for loving his brothers, and still remained stupid in his own way for continuing to love his elder brother deeply despite knowing the loss of his younger one. Love was a blight, but he freely accepted it for Maul.]
Why didn't the people stop the Empire? Were they too frightened or unskilled?
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People were both scared and not used to fighting.
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If they aren't willing to defend what is theirs, they have no right to keep it from someone or something willing to take it from them.
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And you do realize Darth Sidious set up the entire war, right? That he orchestrated things so he was the one giving orders made in bad faith?
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[He didn't muster much in the way of care. What the Jedi did were their business, and it seemed they had their hands full with Skywalker.]
It wouldn't surprise me, no. He's a Sith, and he was playing the long game to destroy his enemies and consolidate power. But if people don't fight, what they have will be taken from them.
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But my intention would be protecting people. Which is what the Jedi were doing, in the war. Not control.
You control your actions.
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