“Idiot!” Even curled as tightly as it was, Rocket’s tailed fluffed and his ears flattened. “You think I couldn’t tell there was shit you weren’t sayin’? You think I didn’t notice I’m the only one from our universe not looped in? You think I can’ piece together what that means? I got a longer baseline than any’a you with this multiple times an’ universes stupid, this shit was normal in Gotham too. Seein’... what I saw... just sped things up. The only thing you fuckin’ did was-“
Rocket looked away, wishing there was something he could shoot. Stupid and weak though it was, he still didn’t want to shoot Quill, which made hurt and sad overbalance anger, finally. “You put me in a fuckin’ box, Quill, you get that? You’re like the second person my whole life who never saw me as a thing an’ you shut me in a box an’ made sure I wouldn’t even know if you needed backup or nothin’. I don’t care if you though you were helpin’’ or bein’ nice or whatever shit. I don’t want that. I wanna be real.”
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Date: 2019-02-12 05:15 am (UTC)Rocket looked away, wishing there was something he could shoot. Stupid and weak though it was, he still didn’t want to shoot Quill, which made hurt and sad overbalance anger, finally. “You put me in a fuckin’ box, Quill, you get that? You’re like the second person my whole life who never saw me as a thing an’ you shut me in a box an’ made sure I wouldn’t even know if you needed backup or nothin’. I don’t care if you though you were helpin’’ or bein’ nice or whatever shit. I don’t want that. I wanna be real.”