Good. My stubbornness has kept me alive more than a time or two when I otherwise would have given up and I know it is the same for you.

[Maul closes his eyes and when he speaks again it’s clear he’s quoting someone.]

You’re strong and you will survive. [He still doesn’t open his eyes as he adds on:] That was the only thing he ever told me that had even a speck of kindness within it.

[Maul doesn’t even have to say who the ‘he’ being mentioned refers to.]

And even then he didn’t mean it kindly. It was merely stating fact. He knew I was too stubborn and angry to die no matter what he put me through.