It's not that Maul would "wait"...remember he is trying to take advantage of QGJ and OWK being separated to lure QGJ into confined quarters to disadvantage his Ataru and QGJ has been pressing his advance which Maul would expect to continue...so he steps back into the room expecting Qui to follow saber flashing...then when he doesn't, doesn't even ignite his saber, it confuses Maul because being conditioned by his Juyo he can't understand someone NOT being aggressive, apparently not even being defensive [this is an example of Yoda's "Form Zero" btw, the Jedi opposite of Sithy "Dun Moch"] and being conditioned by his Sithness he can't help suspecting treachery so he hesitates to attack momentarily lest he get caught in what his Sith suspiciousness assumes is QGJ trying to lure him into advancing into some 'trap' [since that was exactly what he was trying to do]...then by the time he realizes the real trap was his own attempt at 'trapping'; backing up NOT attacking and he rushes forward to try and beat OWK to QGJ the barrier falls and his saber bounces off ineffectively...Maul's own aggression and Sithiness having trapped and defeated himself.
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