No, it's cool. I love her a bunch, I'm well-taken care of.
(but it seems like death also follows quill. there's also that little part of him who wants to ask about the dad part, because isn't his dad an asshat? but now is definitely not the time.)
........................... DUDE, HOW DID YOU NOT DIE??? Or, well, how did you know what to do in prison?! And then how did you-- wait, how did that guy speak English-- though, every alien I met did speak English... Is that a thing?
Hah, well. They had to keep me alive, duh. I wasn't much use as a hostage dead.
[ He says that a little too casually, rolling it back because, uh, that's actually kinda serious? ]
Sorry, I should back up. My dad, it turns out, was the king of the planet Spartax. Not that I knew that or anything, but I guess the Chitauri kidnapped me so they could hold me for ransom, and try to keep Spartax from fighting in the Galactic War. I don't think it really worked; my dad never showed up. But like in the meantime they fed me and stuff, they just like, kept me in a cell and made me watch the coliseum matches and stuff. I didn't really get what was going on, I was just a scared kid.
[ He shrugs. He definitely doesn't want to get into that, so he perks up as he gets to the subject of Yondu. ]
But Yondu spoke English cause he was a space pirate! Most people have translator implants to help 'em understand most of the languages out there, but pirates tend to work with a lot of species that don't stick to the "usual" channels. So he spoke like 10-15 languages on the count of being super friggin' old. English was just one of 'em cause that's what most Terrans speak.
Hey, don't duh me, you're not good at story-telling, I'm like, super lost in your life.
(said with love and care, but it is true, peter's life is just insane! but now, all the daddy issues he has made sense. perhaps his carefree way was the way he learned how to deal with all these things, considering how terrified he was.)
Okay, now I'm not at all that lost. Okay, yeah, I see it. But, how did you get out of there: Did Yondu just smuggle you out when his time to go came around? Did you do a whole baddass prison break?
... Did you ever meet your majesty never-shows dad...?
Me and Yondu broke out! Everybody says it's impossible to break out of Chitauri prison, but that's just 'cause they didn't have human ingenuity and a really pissed off Centaurian.
[ Because, uh, Chitaui prison is forever, Peter. You don't leave in one piece, normally. Though Quill won't add that part, Peter doesn't need to know just how scary it was. ]
But nope, I never met him. I even tried visiting Spartax a couple years later, and dear old dad didn't have "time" to see me, so they turned me away. So much for J'son of Spartax! Worst. Dad. Ever.
[ He pauses. ]
Uh, okay, Thanos is worse. But my dad's pretty high up there.
Nah, the Chitauri all got busted by Nova for siding with Thanos during the War. I had a couple of outstanding priors before, but they exonerated me after I helped stop the Promise.
[ He waves a hand like any of that made sense. I mean, it made sense to Peter, but you know. ]
Least my dad didn't start a galactic war. Low bar, though. 's why I can't ever win an argument with Gamora, she pulls out the Thanos card and all of sudden I'm handing over my last pancake 'cause she said something said. I always fall for it!
(he's learning that he can definitely dissect what quill is saying for the core message - chitauri sucked, thanos sucks, quill good dad.)
Wow, like, 'my dad is Thanos, give me the pancake'? Because, like, that's a great argument. I'd make her more pancakes. I'll make you some too, because I mean, sounds like you too deserve some.
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(but it seems like death also follows quill. there's also that little part of him who wants to ask about the dad part, because isn't his dad an asshat? but now is definitely not the time.)
........................... DUDE, HOW DID YOU NOT DIE??? Or, well, how did you know what to do in prison?! And then how did you-- wait, how did that guy speak English-- though, every alien I met did speak English... Is that a thing?
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[ He says that a little too casually, rolling it back because, uh, that's actually kinda serious? ]
Sorry, I should back up. My dad, it turns out, was the king of the planet Spartax. Not that I knew that or anything, but I guess the Chitauri kidnapped me so they could hold me for ransom, and try to keep Spartax from fighting in the Galactic War. I don't think it really worked; my dad never showed up. But like in the meantime they fed me and stuff, they just like, kept me in a cell and made me watch the coliseum matches and stuff. I didn't really get what was going on, I was just a scared kid.
[ He shrugs. He definitely doesn't want to get into that, so he perks up as he gets to the subject of Yondu. ]
But Yondu spoke English cause he was a space pirate! Most people have translator implants to help 'em understand most of the languages out there, but pirates tend to work with a lot of species that don't stick to the "usual" channels. So he spoke like 10-15 languages on the count of being super friggin' old. English was just one of 'em cause that's what most Terrans speak.
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(said with love and care, but it is true, peter's life is just insane! but now, all the daddy issues he has made sense. perhaps his carefree way was the way he learned how to deal with all these things, considering how terrified he was.)
Okay, now I'm not at all that lost. Okay, yeah, I see it. But, how did you get out of there: Did Yondu just smuggle you out when his time to go came around? Did you do a whole baddass prison break?
... Did you ever meet your majesty never-shows dad...?
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[ Because, uh, Chitaui prison is forever, Peter. You don't leave in one piece, normally. Though Quill won't add that part, Peter doesn't need to know just how scary it was. ]
But nope, I never met him. I even tried visiting Spartax a couple years later, and dear old dad didn't have "time" to see me, so they turned me away. So much for J'son of Spartax! Worst. Dad. Ever.
[ He pauses. ]
Uh, okay, Thanos is worse. But my dad's pretty high up there.
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(he wonders, but also, this feels more like a criminal prison than a state-issued prison. are the states in space? confusion.)
I mean, both seem pretty bad, dude.
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[ He waves a hand like any of that made sense. I mean, it made sense to Peter, but you know. ]
Least my dad didn't start a galactic war. Low bar, though. 's why I can't ever win an argument with Gamora, she pulls out the Thanos card and all of sudden I'm handing over my last pancake 'cause she said something said. I always fall for it!
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Wow, like, 'my dad is Thanos, give me the pancake'? Because, like, that's a great argument. I'd make her more pancakes. I'll make you some too, because I mean, sounds like you too deserve some.