At the accusation of poisoning the food, he took a sip of the soup without hesitation and swallowed. "You see? Now you know it is safe." He offered it to her again, though he thought she might have been too stubborn to take it even after that display.

"Because I am a Sith Lord of a different nature than any you may have encountered before," he said in a patient tone. "I have learned hard lessons over the time I have been here and come to some realizations that most of my kind never will come to no matter how long they live." Indeed, while Maul's Force signature was just as dark and full of intense emotions as any other Dark Side user, there was a sense of control there that made it clear he was no longer relying on pure anger and hate to fuel him.