[When he enters Varian's mind, Maul immediately feels the difference from before. Those sharp edges all along the edges and the pointiness of the thoughts that zip around have become even more prominent even with the fuzziness of exhaustion threaded all the way through the mind's landscape.
He can sense the blackness lurking there, a roiling mass that feels like it is growing in power and strength, threatening to take over. It reminds Maul of being in Will's mind back in Deerington, the way the Mind Flayer had a hold in there. But the Mind Flayer had been weak and easy for Maul to swat aside when need be. This mass of corruption already has power within it and is only growing even more in strength the longer it stays inside Varian.
His lips move in the real world, the feeling of the question echoing in Varian's mind.]
Do you want me to try and remove it?
[It had worked with Anakin when the idiot Jedi had become corrupted last month but that had been more sheer dumb luck that Maul had been able to get his powers to work correctly than anything else. It had been a Hail Mary play and Maul isn't sure can manage it again even if he tries. But he has to offer, he owes Varian that much after all that the boy has done for him over the course of the almost two years they've known each other.]
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He can sense the blackness lurking there, a roiling mass that feels like it is growing in power and strength, threatening to take over. It reminds Maul of being in Will's mind back in Deerington, the way the Mind Flayer had a hold in there. But the Mind Flayer had been weak and easy for Maul to swat aside when need be. This mass of corruption already has power within it and is only growing even more in strength the longer it stays inside Varian.
His lips move in the real world, the feeling of the question echoing in Varian's mind.]
Do you want me to try and remove it?
[It had worked with Anakin when the idiot Jedi had become corrupted last month but that had been more sheer dumb luck that Maul had been able to get his powers to work correctly than anything else. It had been a Hail Mary play and Maul isn't sure can manage it again even if he tries. But he has to offer, he owes Varian that much after all that the boy has done for him over the course of the almost two years they've known each other.]