I just wasn't expectin' the sudden wave of nostalgia in this shiny fairy princess town. [He spares a glance over his shoulder, and some of his agitation dissipates] But I guess Groot would've loved it here... Y'know, the original one. Little Groot would've just raised hell.
[There's always been this unspoken rule that no one talks about "Original Groot," mostly for the sake of not confusing the twig. When he was older, then maybe Rocket would sit him down and tell him about his "technically biological if we're being really loose with the definition" dad, but until then raising the little one was how they honored him.
But there were other reasons- Rocket's feelings and his lack of constructive ways of dealing with them being a good chunk- so it's strange for him to offer up the connection with only moderate distaste.]
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[There's always been this unspoken rule that no one talks about "Original Groot," mostly for the sake of not confusing the twig. When he was older, then maybe Rocket would sit him down and tell him about his "technically biological if we're being really loose with the definition" dad, but until then raising the little one was how they honored him.
But there were other reasons- Rocket's feelings and his lack of constructive ways of dealing with them being a good chunk- so it's strange for him to offer up the connection with only moderate distaste.]