beforetheverse

No, I have no quarrel or grudge with either of you. In fact, what I mean to offer him is to his benefit.

I guess that's good.

What kind of offer?

[C'mon, you can't expect him not to ask.]

The kind where we are in an alliance for our mutual benefit.

[Though more to Maul's than to theirs. Gotta make sure he's getting the better deal out of this situation after all.]

... Can't I know about it?

It's my family you're dragging into it. I wanna know what's going on, too.

That depends entirely on how capable you are of remaining silent about what I have intended.

[Sorry, Sam, you’re a teenager and therefore by definition dumb. Maul’s unsure of how much he can trust you.]

I can stay quiet; I've stayed quiet plenty in my life.

[He may not stay quiet, granted, if his family's life may be in jeopardy from it.

But he's not gonna say that, that'd be stupid.]

Even if it involved other people being hurt or killed? Even if there was a risk your family was going to be hurt by helping me?

[The questions are definitely a test, as most opening conversations are with Maul, for he wants to see what the boy's answers will be.]

Don't you have a brother here?

Wouldn't you want to know if your family was risking their ass?

Or would you want to be left in the dark until something happened you weren't told about?

[Sounding a little too mature at age 14, but you know how it is.

Being raised as a little warrior makes you age faster.]

[Maul goes quiet when Sam mentions Savage. He's surprised the kid knows about that but really it is quite obvious given they're the only two Zabrak in the city. Yeowch, way to hit him where it hurts, kiddo.]

....Point taken. But-- That still doesn't answer if you can keep quiet about what might be planned for all of you. Trust me when I say if you cannot, tell me now. I won't have my plans messed up by one idiot child.

[Really, it's nothing personal, Maul just doesn't trust anyone under the age of about 22 to make anything in the way of good or smart decisions.]

[No offense, Maul, but most people would have to be blind not to notice you've got a brother. And not even 'cus you're the only ones who look like you do, here in Trench. From one brother to another — you tend to just know.]

I won't mess up your plans.

[That could be a lie. Honestly, he's good at lying, made better at it by his father and brother's careful lessons. He's gonna pull Dean by the ear if he gets himself into too much trouble regardless.]

[This is just true. The brother bond is definitely a real thing.]

Swear it upon your brother's life and I'll believe it.

[Maul hasn't gotten this far in life by trusting blindly, especially when it comes to idiot children.]

[... Do you really think Winchesters wouldn't manipulate the concept of swearing on something in order to get information? Oh, Maul, you sweet summer sith dude. But Sam also would rather not get Maul killing his brother because of some stupid wording.]

I swear, as long as it doesn't kill my brother doing whatever you're doing.

... And even if you don't tell me, older Sam will. He doesn't give a shit.

Very well. I can already tell you you're not going to like it.

[But Dean and older Sam are grown adults who can make their own decisions, so it really doesn't matter what the wee Winchester thinks.]

I'm going to use your brother as bait to draw out the Jedi Anakin Skywalker once he fully falls to the Dark Side since he has a feud with your brother, so Dean will likely be his first victim. If everything goes according to plan, he'll be fine and I'll stop the Jedi before he does anything to anyone else.

[It's very risky but what else is new with the lives of the Winchester boys?]

Inbox.

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject