"My awareness of your force is largely through conversation with Maul and Obi-Wan. Their perspectives are both very ... biased at times, and I am afraid I can't make head or tails of it." She shook her head. It wasn't something she really comprehended, even if she understood the philosophical difference between Sith and Jedi well enough. "Personally, though, Mother Mercy's perspective is likely even more biased than that, by a wide margin. Still, this is one of the only sources we have."

"Just by saying that, that you may never be an expert? You're wiser than most. Wiser than Mercy, I might add. Being willing to still learn is a key to actually knowing." She reached up to tap her lips. "I suspect that the bonds only really cause pain when they're ill conceived. When the psyches aren't meant to be joined safely. Those two shouldn't be bound. Maul isn't mentally stable enough for it."