You chose to involve yourself. Everyone here who likes meddling in my affairs chose to do that. You all had the chance to walk away but instead decided things like "teaching me a lesson" were more important.
[He's never going to stop holding that against her or Luna. Constantine had gone back to the sea and Maul still holds it against him.
He pauses, seems on the verge of saying something, stops, and then finally starts again. This is a bad idea to make the offer he's about to. But Maul does it anyway.]
I have skill in manipulations of the mind. I might be able to help.
[He knows there's no way in hell Willow would ever trust him enough to accept but it's been made all the same.]
[Willow drops the argument suddenly, and falls silent as though seriously considering his offer. She's made very little progress on her own, and it feels very much like she ought to be looking for another solution.
Is she desperate enough to let her killer mess with her mind?
She considers it for about half a second before she decides no. No, she is not. Not yet, anyway. No matter how much he appears to have changed.
Still, she can't deny it's a strong testament to just how far he's come that he even suggested it, and she doesn't want to rebuke him too harshly. So instead, she tips her head in a slight nod of acknowledgement.]
Uh, thanks. I'll - I'll keep that in mind. There's still a few things I might try first, though.
[He figures she would give an answer something like that, although she has done it a bit more diplomatically and polite than Maul thought she would.]
Well, the offer is there should you ever feel the need to use it.
[Maul isn't going to go back on his word that easily, not in this case. He still needs to make things right between he and Willow. He believes in balance and there is still none after he killed her.]
[She chooses to take it as a sign that he's taking responsibility for his actions, and trying to fix the things that have gone wrong because of what he did. She thought he had meant it back in March when he said he had wanted to change, but it gives her a great deal of hope that he's actually backing it up with his actions.]
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Date: 2022-06-11 09:07 am (UTC)[He's never going to stop holding that against her or Luna. Constantine had gone back to the sea and Maul still holds it against him.
He pauses, seems on the verge of saying something, stops, and then finally starts again. This is a bad idea to make the offer he's about to. But Maul does it anyway.]
I have skill in manipulations of the mind. I might be able to help.
[He knows there's no way in hell Willow would ever trust him enough to accept but it's been made all the same.]
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Date: 2022-06-12 06:21 am (UTC)Is she desperate enough to let her killer mess with her mind?
She considers it for about half a second before she decides no. No, she is not. Not yet, anyway. No matter how much he appears to have changed.
Still, she can't deny it's a strong testament to just how far he's come that he even suggested it, and she doesn't want to rebuke him too harshly. So instead, she tips her head in a slight nod of acknowledgement.]
Uh, thanks. I'll - I'll keep that in mind. There's still a few things I might try first, though.
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Date: 2022-06-12 11:30 pm (UTC)Well, the offer is there should you ever feel the need to use it.
[Maul isn't going to go back on his word that easily, not in this case. He still needs to make things right between he and Willow. He believes in balance and there is still none after he killed her.]
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Date: 2022-06-16 05:29 am (UTC)Thank you. Really.