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Sand. Oh how he loathed the sense of the grains of sand sitting between the gears of his metal legs.
The way the ground seemed unstable under his feet and no matter how much he tried, it got in his ears.
But maul would weather this storm +
@KenobixObi Maul kept walking, resisting the urge to snap at kenobi about Luke making himself cry.
So he wisely kept quiet as he walked, now focused on the threats around them again. โWho caused your injury?โ He had to ask, now that the tension had calmed a little again ++
@KenobixObi โAnd what do you suggest then?โ Maul snapped in a whisper, pausing as Luke began to wake and a wave of his own panic on what to do- heโd never really held a child before. Not one that he didnโt intend to harm.
@KenobixObi โThere is a transport in mos eisle, it will take us off world.โ As much as maul hated to admit it, having kenobi around was a lot more useful than not. And whoever this kid Luke was? He was important outside of his potential.
@KenobixObi โGood then letโs goโ maul nodded taking the lead in walking, clearly since obi wan wasnโt very fast either.
As darkness of the tunnels swallowed them, maul had time to think again. Glancing at Luke, he tried to place where he had seen someone similar to him but couldnโt ++
@KenobixObi Than a challenge.
As he held Luke, maul focused his force presence to hide Lukeโs. He mentally cursed kenobi for not doing it earlier- but that wasnโt important right now.
โWho is this child?โ He repeated, Luke fidgeting at the unfamiliar sense of someone in his +
@KenobixObi Battled, their sabers clashing.
Suddenly maul stopped, his head whipping in the direction where Luke still was.
Luke wasnโt the problem, it was the approaching dark presence of an inquisitor approaching the boys location. โKriffโฆโ maul muttered using the force+
@KenobixObi About what might have done that. Or rather, who.
Chasing after obi maul huffed โthe boy is practically a beacon in the force. Whatever you have been doing to hide his presence has been shoddy at best!โ
@KenobixObi โI will?!โ maul shouted back with frustration, keeping up pace with kenobi without too much issue โyouโre injuredโ he called out, not badly but it was clear old wounds were still haunting the Jedi.
But what on earth could injure kenobi like thatโฆ maul shuddered to think +
@KenobixObi Wasnโt too bad, but the memory of savage? That hurt like hell.
Maul heard Luke stir, his focus momentarily shifting โtoo many chances? I doubt itโ without warning he struck out from the darkness, one of his double sided saber blades connecting with the blue lightsaber of kenobi
@KenobixObi โLow?โ Maul repeated the word as he followed obi wans presence through the cave.
โI donโt think you have a right to speak of low, Jedi. You hide amongst sand and dust like a coward.โ The words came out like a growl, his words had stung, the memory of the pirates +
@KenobixObi Into that kind of trouble,
โWho is your young companion hmm? Who is so clearly giftedโ the sith added, his voice reverberating across the cave but not really giving away his location
@KenobixObi โSo it has. And I see youโve been busyโ maul used the shadows to his advantage as he d gotten used to, turning off his saber to get a better point of view of the pair.
โThough I doubt he is yoursโ kenobi was far too much of a Jedi by principle to have gotten himself +