[There had been enough for Gamora to sort though, including her own feelings on everything. Emotions are still a strange and foreign creature, and as much as she had been comfortable around Peter, the rest of the Guardians, and a few select others, it had been her own hesitance upon learning of the time gap. Much can change (although not her) in those years.
And yet, as she watches him come forward, there are somethings that do remain the same...
The smile is strained or fake, isn't a facade to hide his true feelings, and her own gently mirrors his in turn. She would argue it isn't so, but there is a softness that come to her around him. It doesn't mean she won't punch him in the gut if the situation calls for it, but for her, it's him, and it likely always will be.
A slight shift, more to ponder over the exact answer that she desires to give. Every day here is another day she wouldn't otherwise have, but that seems melodramatic to announce. It does remind her though that it is a day that she wouldn't otherwise have, and perhaps she should not quite treat them as she has been. There's still frustration at times, and anger, hurt and sorrow. It's not a flesh wound that can be healed so easily.]
Adjusting?
[It seems a valid enough answer without saying something like enjoying not being shot at.]
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And yet, as she watches him come forward, there are somethings that do remain the same...
The smile is strained or fake, isn't a facade to hide his true feelings, and her own gently mirrors his in turn. She would argue it isn't so, but there is a softness that come to her around him. It doesn't mean she won't punch him in the gut if the situation calls for it, but for her, it's him, and it likely always will be.
A slight shift, more to ponder over the exact answer that she desires to give. Every day here is another day she wouldn't otherwise have, but that seems melodramatic to announce. It does remind her though that it is a day that she wouldn't otherwise have, and perhaps she should not quite treat them as she has been. There's still frustration at times, and anger, hurt and sorrow. It's not a flesh wound that can be healed so easily.]
Adjusting?
[It seems a valid enough answer without saying something like enjoying not being shot at.]
Testing boundaries and limits.