[ A muscle in his jaw jumps as he bites down on another argument.
They're just going to keep going in circles, he knows. Peter has a thing about feeling inferior, about people implying that he's not good enough – especially when it's true. It so often led to people lording it over him, to people bringing up his weaknesses and berating him for them.
(And often, it was followed up by a Ravager throwing up his hands and saying, "Why the hell ain't we killed him yet?")
Gamora isn't like that, he knows, beyond a couple of teasing remarks later on down the line, but that old instinct is still there, to prove his worth and throw up the double birds at his shortcomings, imagined or not. It's why he deflates a little, at length, huffing out a sharp breath.
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They're just going to keep going in circles, he knows. Peter has a thing about feeling inferior, about people implying that he's not good enough – especially when it's true. It so often led to people lording it over him, to people bringing up his weaknesses and berating him for them.
(And often, it was followed up by a Ravager throwing up his hands and saying, "Why the hell ain't we killed him yet?")
Gamora isn't like that, he knows, beyond a couple of teasing remarks later on down the line, but that old instinct is still there, to prove his worth and throw up the double birds at his shortcomings, imagined or not. It's why he deflates a little, at length, huffing out a sharp breath.
Once again, with feeling: ]
This sucks.