He hardly made himself known for a good long while after I first made contact with them. Just the sight of me made him flee and leave the demon in charge from the moment I met them. I had no chance to get to know the boy until just this January.
[Of course, that is a dodge as Maul is warranted to do. Usagi knows this tactic well, how it's always everyone else's fault instead of his own when he doesn't make the best decisions or treat people the best way he could. At least he's wise enough not to mention that Peter's name meant so little to him that he didn't even know it until Luna mentioned it after his Deerington rampage.
Still, her comparison does make Maul understand a bit.]
.....No. [He says quietly.] My world would be poorer if only she was left and you were not here.
[He sighs and rubs a hand on the back of his neck. He looks very vulnerable right now and a lot of the fight has gone out of him.]
You push me hard, Usagi. Sometimes too hard.
[Not to the breaking point but so far out of his comfort zone that sometimes Maul feels like his skin is raw, scraping up against things that he'd rather not face and that hurt him to feel.]
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[Of course, that is a dodge as Maul is warranted to do. Usagi knows this tactic well, how it's always everyone else's fault instead of his own when he doesn't make the best decisions or treat people the best way he could. At least he's wise enough not to mention that Peter's name meant so little to him that he didn't even know it until Luna mentioned it after his Deerington rampage.
Still, her comparison does make Maul understand a bit.]
.....No. [He says quietly.] My world would be poorer if only she was left and you were not here.
[He sighs and rubs a hand on the back of his neck. He looks very vulnerable right now and a lot of the fight has gone out of him.]
You push me hard, Usagi. Sometimes too hard.
[Not to the breaking point but so far out of his comfort zone that sometimes Maul feels like his skin is raw, scraping up against things that he'd rather not face and that hurt him to feel.]