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[survivalthroughhate]

"This is Maul. State your business."

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[survivalthroughhate]

[Maul was going to give Ruin a very large, fat rat to play around with and eat afterwards for having the patience to put up with slowly being squished into jelly by his large lump of a master. Maul gave another wheeze as Savage settled him in even closer. Yep, he was doomed for the moment. Well, it wasn't like he had anywhere to be and it really wasn't feeling too bad now that he had a good buzz going on.]

Yes. There is nowhere in the galaxy that quite as a sky like home.

[He closed his eyes for a moment too, imagining the way the things looked when he was on his home planet. He hadn't been back there in what felt like forever. Now he was starting to feel a little homesick for it.]

DO you miss anything else about Dathomir, brother?

[opress]

[The wheeze didn't actually encourage him to relent his hold again, but it did stop him from tightening it further. That was the only cue he bothered to listen to, especially since he was cozy here on the floor with Maul. He could definitely finally sleep like this, and while it probably wasn't ideal for sleep, at least there were no pillows to rip apart with horns.]

No. It takes many cycles for the moons to all appear together in close proximity, but it is like a night of daylight. All the rivers and lakes of Dathomir are swelled and the voices of the planet sing.

[The ichor was extremely strong on the rare times the moons came together, and it was supposed to be auspicious for the Nightsisters. He had been a teenager for the last merge of the moons, but even he had felt the pull of the voices. He looked back on it now realizing it was a sign of his Force sensitivity, undeveloped as it was.]

I miss... the stories, and I miss the hunts. It was a simpler life, as much as I hated how I wasted away there nothing more than waiting for the next time a Nightsister came to call Selection.

[survivalthroughhate]

[Maul began to relax, even held as firmly as he was by his brother. It was calming to be near his kin like he was right now, just relaxed and both of them high as could be. He looked at the rug they were lying down on and noticed what pretty colors it was. Between that and his brother's tattoos, his mind was in a state of pure astonishment.]

I was never able to witness that myself but it sounds like such a glorious sight.

[He'd been taken from Dathomir far too young before the next union of moons had happened. Maul had lost out on so much of the Nightkin culture due to being Sidious' apprentice but he tried not to think of that right now. It would only make him feel depressed right now, so he tried to focus on other things.]

Yes, your true potential was not fully realized until you were able to travel with me.

[That being said:]

We should go hunting here soon. There are so many monsters and beasts here that it would make fine sport for the two of us to take on some and win.

[Maul's cockiness was much clearer when he was buzzed like right now. He felt completely invincible like nothing in the world could touch him.]

[opress]

Oh, you should see it, my brother. The sky is so bright that the stars are blotted out and the mist of early morning looks like the planet surface is on fire, and all of the chirodactyls take to the wing. The hunting is excellent and the planet itself seems to call out.

[Savage spoke quietly but with an excited whisper of old memory that was clearly enhanced by how high he was. With his eyes closed, he could picture it in his mind's eye.]

A Brother was born under the united moons once, and apparently the Sisters sacrificed him to the Winged Goddess and the Fanged God for blessings. Many Sisters were born in the following season.

[He sighed and hugged Maul closer just to try to share in the experience of memory and legends. If the story of the Brother was true, he never would have been able to verify, but stories had to come from somewhere, right?]

Yes, I want to hunt. I want fresh meat, and I want to fight for it.

[survivalthroughhate]

Such an eloquent picture you paint.

[Maul said happily. Perhaps this place would bring their home again the way it had done once before. Then they might be able to witness it together.

Such dark talk should have been alarming or at least raised goosepimples up on Maul's arms but instead he found it soothing in his inebriated state, listening to the tales of home that he'd been deprived of, a child of Dathomir but torn away from his home planet all too soon.

He wheezed just a little as Savage hugged him tight again but this time he let it happen, hugging his brother back a little bit too. The idea of going hunting together appealed to him greatly, something that they could do that they both enjoyed.]

Yeeeesssss, we shall have to do so very soon.

[Maul said, drawing out the first word. He would have suggested doing so right then and there but he wasn't even sure if he could get up. The room seemed to be spinning more than just a little bit.]

[opress]

It's beautiful, brother. There are not many nights I remember quite like that one. It was probably one of the few where I knew that I had been touched by the Winged Goddess as you had.

[Force sensitive, he meant. It had been one of the few times where he had been aware of it because otherwise it was just a feeling or an instinct. A warning of danger, a whisper on the wind or a response in his flesh he couldn't explain. That night, he had felt so alive.

He eased his grip a few moments later, going back into relaxing enough that Maul could breathe again. Not escape, never that. He sighed through his nose and nodding his head. Too bad they couldn't hunt right now, but that would require far more than either of them had in coordination. It also required him letting go of Maul, so no go.]

Yes. We will feast in the forest.

[He yawned and nuzzled Maul's head with his chin. It was with pleasant thoughts of hunting and eating as he once had back on Dathomir that lulled him closer and closer to sleep.]

[survivalthroughhate]

You shall have to tell me more of the Winged Goddess and Fanged God. I was never told many tales of them as a child.

[He would have liked to learn more but so much of his time after being rescued by his brother was taken up with schemes, plotting, and war. Learning about the culture and people he'd been separated from had not been high on the list. Now, here in the place he was determined to make a home for possibly the rest of his life, he felt he finally had the chance to breathe and learn more from his brother.]

Very soon, yes, we will go and triumph over all the beasts there. Your fighting prowess is like no other.

[As soon as Savage began to yawn, Maul began to as well. He couldn't help it, they were contagious. (Which did at least prove that he wasn't a sociopath the way so many people thought.) His eyes fluttered shut and his breathing evened out as he was lulled to sleep in his brother's arms.]

[opress]

Many of our stories are about the Fanged God and Winged Goddess, and great warriors of our clans. [He sighed softly and then snuggled closer to Maul.] The Fanged God is here; I've seen him.

[He yawned again, sensing when his brother just plain went to sleep. He struggled to stay awake, keen to enjoy the closeness with Maul, but he was ultimately unsuccessful in his endeavor. He sighed and drifted off to sleep not long after Maul had, the topic of their heritage and stories letting him have wonderful dreams.]