[the only thing that saves him from being written off as a sanctimonious child is the fact that he has the decency to be smug about his sneaky victory and Rocket can appreciate that. This is one tricksy being of a feline persuasion.]

I have been told that many times by people significantly taller and more brutal about it than you. It's a work in progress, all right? [He's been here a year and Yondu's words are only just slowly, slowly sinking in, and even then he relapses and starts acting like a dick because he can to people. Being decent is hard.]