[Maul was still actively plotting for his own freedom. The more he was transferred around from place to place to keep him hidden from his master, the more chances he'd have to eventually escape. But first he would work on his revenge against Sidious for taking away everything from him: his family, his power, his happiness, and his life. This was as good a way to do it as anything else.]

No one would have believed me had I said it then. To the galaxy at large, he's a kindly old benevolent leader. His mask is nearly impenetrable and all I would have looked like is a lunatic with an irrational grudge. I'm surprised you believed me at all.

[It was only luck that had led Maul to speak with the one clone whose unique life experiences would have led him to realize the signs which all pointed in one direction: back to that of Chancellor Palpatine. Anyone else would have thought him just a liar trying to say whatever he could to get their guard down so he could make his escape.]