You seem to be of the optimistic nature that people are good, kind, and want what's best for their fellow beings, and that is what you are basing all your assumptions off of. That's not my experience. People are cruel, selfish, and look out for themselves most of the time. That is what I am doing right now. I won't be the victim of anyone's ire again because they don't know what to do with me when I inevitably act out against popular opinion.

[Maul gets a stubborn cast to his face.]

There is no safety here or anywhere else. I'll do my best to protect the people I care about but stopping the horrors, danger, and death we face is a futile option. Inevitably, we will end up getting hurt if not dying here. I am seeking the small bit of control I can possess.