maul forces himself through horrible pain, just like he was conditioned to do by sidious in all his flashbacks. he is even running up a straight wall on a badly injured leg, a direct parallel to the exercise he had to do as a small boy.

what especially hurts is how mad he is at himself for feeling pain 😦 it might have made him “strong” by sith standards, but he’s not impervious to pain. forcing himself through it even puts him at a disadvantage during his first duel with qui gon