I was on the receiving end of those words many a time in my youth. They were always a lie. [One of Darth Sidious' favorite phrases to victim-blame Maul, making it seem like the horrible things his master would do to him like shock him with lightning was Maul's own fault. If only he'd been a little bit smarter or stronger or faster, he could have avoided all of it.] I expect this time will be no different.

Haven't you heard? I am actively attempting to change.

[That and what he'd just said about his childhood might have been the first two really honest things he'd said in his conversation.]