Huh. That does make Ezra wonder exactly how older Maul ended up on Malachor and when he stopped using Sith titles.

"Nope," Ezra says, scrunching his face. He's heard a story about the death of the Emperor, but he very much thinks of it as a future, slthough a hopeful one. But not necessarily the future he'll experience.

"Palpatine took the time to talk to me the day I was taken out of the galaxy, actually," he says, lightly. "He tried to play 'kind old man' but, wow, his temper when he doesn't get what he wants."