[Maul nods as Usagi lays down the conditions. He can attempt to do what she asks but he doubts Peter's fear will be alleviated of him just because he stops lording it over the boy.
Likewise, that terror will likely make him give into any requests that Maul has, and he will admit the temptation just to bully Peter and run roughshod over him will be hard to resist. But he can at least try.
But on the last point he has some things to say.]
It's not like that anymore.... [He quickly goes on to explain.] ....it was at first and still is a little but I've grown genuinely fond of Paimon and I believe he feels the same way for me. You know how I've grown to enjoy teaching people and the demon has been a good pupil. Usagi, he was lost and alone when I first met him, and I've been able to help him grow to his full potential. Not just in power but in mind. He was like a newborn star, full of power but so completely unable to regulate it. He's old, very old, one of the most ancient beings I've met here, but still coming into his own. He's not evil, I think whatever he is can be said to be so far removed from humanity that he doesn't really understand good or evil as we might know them. He and Peter can now work together to an extent. I saw them do it the last time I spoke to them. And I do mean "them", both were conscious and present for the conversation. They need to learn to coexist because they can't be separated one from the other any longer.
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Likewise, that terror will likely make him give into any requests that Maul has, and he will admit the temptation just to bully Peter and run roughshod over him will be hard to resist. But he can at least try.
But on the last point he has some things to say.]
It's not like that anymore.... [He quickly goes on to explain.] ....it was at first and still is a little but I've grown genuinely fond of Paimon and I believe he feels the same way for me. You know how I've grown to enjoy teaching people and the demon has been a good pupil. Usagi, he was lost and alone when I first met him, and I've been able to help him grow to his full potential. Not just in power but in mind. He was like a newborn star, full of power but so completely unable to regulate it. He's old, very old, one of the most ancient beings I've met here, but still coming into his own. He's not evil, I think whatever he is can be said to be so far removed from humanity that he doesn't really understand good or evil as we might know them. He and Peter can now work together to an extent. I saw them do it the last time I spoke to them. And I do mean "them", both were conscious and present for the conversation. They need to learn to coexist because they can't be separated one from the other any longer.