[Ezra's eyes widen in alarm. Sacrifice is...a hell of a label, and one he's reflexively suspicious of - it sounds like exactly the sort of label you box someone in with if you want to narrow down their choices.]

...And I thought the bond I had with the older version of Maul sucked.

Ritsuka - [He frowns, trying to figure out how to phrase this.]

If you feel strongly about Maul still, would the bond just come back eventually? That can be part of how Force bonds work. Which is part of why I try to deal with Maul only in small doses.