Feb 9, 2024
Deenine: "Maybe he'll replace me with a droid who actually enjoys inflicting pain." (Windham, 60).
Deenine, apparently, does not enjoy inflicting pain.
I won't say that she's secretly a saint, I have too much respect for her to think that. She's demonstrated that she's a bully in earlier chapters, when she beats and mocks Maul in training.
This negative behaviour can be programmed, which I suppose is a part of her soul. Droid souls can be utterly dominated by an external will. No wonder the Sith love them.
It is also a way in which Maul and Deenine differ, to me. Maul enjoys the hunt. Whether that is nature or nurture, I don't know. Just like Deenine, I suppose.
#The Wrath of Darth Maul#Chapter 5#Deenine#Maul#notes & quotes#I love the questionable sentience and conscience of deenine#of droids#something which maul and the nightbrothers are often accused of lacking too#I love Deenine and Maul so much#no one. no one understands Maul as much as Deenine. not only in experiences#but in thought and logic. in the sith ways. their wavelength is almost the same