Yeah... his Starlord schtick never goes so good, but this seems like an especially tough crowd. And then Gamora does her thing and he's not sure whether to laugh or cry. He gets why she's so on edge, but he knows it's his job to smooth it over with his fellow Earthlings... preferably without them knowing he is one of them. Stat. At least they're getting credit for being heroes!!! For a change.
Peter continues down the ramp and steps off the landing pad so he can stand level with their new friends. Once Gamora does the same, the Milano will pull the platform back up so hopefully they won't get an immediate interruption by the children on board. He can't help but throw a look towards the ship all the same. He can only hope they aren't killing each other or destroying shit by now. "Thanks, man. We haven't heard of you at all." He smiles blandly at both of them. Of course, they hadn't heard of anything on Earth, including the invasion. It makes him feel guilty even if he had no way of knowing, so he's glossing over it.
The giant guy seems really sincere actually, but so had Ego. Or maybe that had just been his own wishful thinking -- even in retrospect, it's hard to pick out the moment everything went bad. "Look, we wanna believe you, but... we've been burned before." He tips his head, getting the feeling like they aren't the only ones. If they're all this paranoid then... maybe everything is fine, actually. At least for the moment. "Nobody's killing anybody... so long as we can work together on this." Peter gives Gamora a look -- hoping she'll respect his decision at least enough not to argue in front of these guys. They've gotten pretty expert at the nonverbal communication thing.
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Peter continues down the ramp and steps off the landing pad so he can stand level with their new friends. Once Gamora does the same, the Milano will pull the platform back up so hopefully they won't get an immediate interruption by the children on board. He can't help but throw a look towards the ship all the same. He can only hope they aren't killing each other or destroying shit by now. "Thanks, man. We haven't heard of you at all." He smiles blandly at both of them. Of course, they hadn't heard of anything on Earth, including the invasion. It makes him feel guilty even if he had no way of knowing, so he's glossing over it.
The giant guy seems really sincere actually, but so had Ego. Or maybe that had just been his own wishful thinking -- even in retrospect, it's hard to pick out the moment everything went bad. "Look, we wanna believe you, but... we've been burned before." He tips his head, getting the feeling like they aren't the only ones. If they're all this paranoid then... maybe everything is fine, actually. At least for the moment. "Nobody's killing anybody... so long as we can work together on this." Peter gives Gamora a look -- hoping she'll respect his decision at least enough not to argue in front of these guys. They've gotten pretty expert at the nonverbal communication thing.