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Ahsoka was the to walk off of the ship with Maul soon behind her. Once they took a few steps away from the ship, Maul turned around and saw Obi-wan halfway out of the ship looking back and talking to Feral. Maul sighed, shaking his head as it hung low. After a moment he continued to follow Ahsoka into the base.

"Feral, maybe you should stay here. You know some Nightsister magiks, maybe you can help restore Maul's mind?" Obi-wan asked

"Maul was always better at Nightsister magiks than me. I could try but only as a last resort. It is a very difficult thing to do by restoring someone's mind. Many things could go wrong." Feral responded then gestured back to the Phoenix squad. "Besides they need someone skilled in the Force besides the blind Jedi and padawan."

"I heard that!" Kanan called as he approached the pair. "Feral, you can stay if you want. We will be fine getting Galen on our own. The more people to come with us, the more we all will have to worry about one of us getting left behind or captured again."

"Now you're just saying that because I pointed out the incompetence of you being blind." Feral replied

"We don't need someone throwing any kind of insults here, besides Maul, Feral. But I mean it if you join us to save Galen, we with have someone else to worry about becoming captured. Besides, you and Obi-wan know Maul the best while he feels the most comfortable with Ahsoka. You would be doing more good here with them than you will be at helping us recuse Galen." Kanan stated and Feral squinted his eyes with a growl quietly emanating from him.


As Ahsoka showed Maul around the base, she took notice of how his eyes were always on the ground. The entire time, his eyes were on the ground barely looking up until Feral and Obi-wan passed by them. Maul's heavy sorrowful eyes watched as an annoyed Feral and a relaxed Obi-wan seemed to by them no attention as they were talking about something. Maul opened his mouth to speak out to the pair but as nothing came out, he hung his head low again and begun to walk back to the entrance.

"Maul! Where are you going?" Ahsoka spoke as if she awaited an answer as she followed him. When she caught up to Maul, she hoped placing her hand on his shoulder would make him halt in his movements, however, he kept moving until they were a far distance from the base. He paused and turned to notice that Ahsoka was still with him. He picked up a dead stick from the ground and held onto it as he returned to walking away from the base. He kept going until he found a large dirt area and sat down in the middle of it. Ahsoka watched as Mauk placed his head in one hand as he scribbled lines into the dirt with the stick, something that bored younglings would do Ahsoka thought. She sat down next to him and quietly watched and he made sense lines in the dirt.

"Maul, is something wrong?" Maul huffed at her questioned and rolled his eyes. He sat there digging a hole in the dirt with his stick as ignored the countless other quizzical questions. He didn't care what she asked, he ignored everything. Questions about Obi-wan: Silence as he dug slowly in the ground. Questions about what he remembered: Silence as he dug slowly in the ground.

After a while of trying to get Maul's attention and trying to get him to answer had failed, she sat there next to him trying to see if she could make any sense of any of the lines he made when he was digging a trench in the ground only to fill it back up with the dirt and start digging again. After Maul got tired of messing around with the dirt, he just sat there staring at the sky.

Ahsoka just stayed him there until the sun began to set. She stood up and waited for him to stand too, but he just stared at the sunset.

"Come on Maul, let's get back to the base before it gets too late and we can't see," Ahsoka commented but Maul still refused to stand.

"Maul. Let's return to the base." She repeated his name multiple times until she finally gave up and decided to lift him up to get him to stand up. Maul dropped the stick as she lifted him up, it reminded him of a time long ago. After she lifted his light body half way up, he stood the rest of the way on his own and brushed the dirt on his pants off. Maul began the walk back to the base without acknowledging that Ahsoka was even there with him. As they reentered the base they had seen Obi-wan.

"Oh, there you are Maul! I was getting worried, I couldn't find you any... where," Obi-wan's voice drifted away as he watched Maul walk pass him. Maul thought quickly on how to get to the bedrooms but he couldn't remember which one he was supposed to sleep in.

"Ahsoka, what's wrong with him? He just glanced at me and kept walking!" Obi-wan asked confusion filling his mind, "Did I do something wrong? I only remember Maul being something like this when he and Feral found me on Tatooine."

"I'm not sure Master Kenobi, he's been like this since we've landed. He won't even acknowledge that any of us are here." Ahsoka sighed, "I'm surprised he's like this to both of us."

"If he's like this to both of us, I wonder how he'll react to Feral." Obi-wan thought out loud as they began to follow where Maul went.

"Well he didn't attack him on the ship or in the cell after the fight, so he'd probably pretend like he's not even there." Ahsoka speculated, "Besides Master Kenobi, you're his mate, I would think you would get the best reactions out of him."

"I would think so too, Ahsoka. Maybe I can get him to meditate later with me and see what's going on in his mind and what I can do about it." Obi-wan commented and the rest of their journey to the bedrooms was silent until they saw Maul leaning against the wall obviously upset about something.

"There should be some empty rooms down the hall, follow me." Ahsoka spoke up and lead them a short ways down the hall. "Any of the rooms here on the right are empty, you can choose which ever one you want to sleep in. Maul, do you remember how to get around?"

Without any response from Maul, who just chose the door to his immediate right, Ahsoka and Obi-wan gave a sad look at the door that had closed right behind Maul.

"Don't worry Ahsoka," Obi-wan took a deep breath, " He'll back to normal before we even expected it."

Ahsoka gave him a small smile in which he returned before going through the same door that hid Maul from them.

"Maul?" Obi-wan spoke up in the spacious room as Maul was sitting slouched on the only bed in the room. The only response Obi-wan got was Maul opening his eyes. Obi-wan took another deep breath before approaching the bed and sitting next to Maul, close enough that their bodies touched. Maul scooted further down the bed to stop them from touching. His eyebrows furrowed with a display of false agitation as he opened his mouth but quickly shut it. His arms crossed together, but not in a display of irritation. It looked more like he was hugging his arms to himself.

"Maul please," Obi-wan moved closer to Maul that their bodies were touching again. Maul quickly stood up from the bed. He finally looked at Obi-wan then at the door then back at Obi-wan.

"I'm not going to leave the room Maul," Obi-wan commented then Maul's full attention went to the door, "What, are you waiting for something Maul?"

Maul let his head hang low again as he let out a deep breath then turned and walked a couple steps away from Obi-wan. Obi-wan stay on the bed watching how Maul was gripping his thin arms tight, then he looked over at the door before returning his gaze to Maul.

"Are you scared of something?" Obi-wan asked standing up, his question earned him a glare from Maul over his shoulder. "You don't have to be scared of anything now, Maul. You're safe here."

Maul rolled his eyes as he looked back away from Obi-wan. Obi-wan sighed and began to rummage through the large drawers and closet in the room. Maul opened his mouth to inquire what was Obi-wan doing until the old Jedi returned with proper shirts and pants tucked under his arm.

"Come on let's get you cleaned up and in clean clothes before we go to sleep." Obi-wan said and took Maul's arm in a light grip and lead him to the bathroom. It was here where Obi-Wan had noticed that Maul had on the same clothes he wore when he was captured, but they were so torn up and burned through they were barely recognizable and barely covering his body. Once Obi-wan had shut and locked the bathroom door behind them, he set down the clean clothes then he took off the remaining pieces of what was Maul's tunic.

But before paying any attention to the damage done to Maul's chest, Obi-wan places his hand on the large scar on the side of Maul's face. It had missed a horn, his eye, and his mouth. It was a much lighter tone than the rest of his face due to the lack of care. Maul's eyes were sunken in, his horns seems to be longer, his eyes were a very dull golden and maroon. Obi-wan's fingers lightly touched the long scar until Maul turn his head from the gentle touch. Obi-wan's gaze and hands fell down to Maul's chest and stomach. Maul was so thin that Obi-wan swore his fingers were able to run over almost every rib in Maul's body. He ran his hands back up Maul's body before running them down one of Maul's arms. Like the rest of his body, his arms and hands looked thin too, his nails, like his horns, were too long. As Obi-wan went to turn Maul's hand over, Maul snatched his hand away from Obi-wan. His other hand grasping his wrists and holding it close to his body. Fear was written all over Maul as he took a step back.

"Maul," Obi-wan softened his voice, "Everything is going to be fine, I promise you. It's only us in here. Any scars on you do not change who you are, you're still you and I don't want you to ever change because of how you look."

Obi-wan placed a hand on the cheek that was scarred and Maul let himself lean into the gentle touch and relax a bit. Obi-wan moved to the shower and had started it up.

"Come on Maul, let's get you cleaned up." Obi-wan spoke taking off his clothes as well.

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