[ as predicted, gamora heals just fine. the wound closes over, and though she has to give herself time before she's back to full health, it's only a matter of days before she's at her proper strength. she makes a point of demonstrating for quill, too, just to ensure he doesn't come bothering her with his silly, overbearing concern (even if a small, tiny, minuscule piece of her warms at the gesture). she wants to move beyond the incident, given that she's no longer physically affected, and she's set on letting it go, as she has with all of her previous injuries; it's just another on the long list of seemingly mortal wounds that she's survived.
however, what she doesn't let go is the fact that quill needs to invest time into honing his reflexes. in comparison to the team as a whole, he's the slowest, the least durable in immediate combat, and, well, he could do with something more formal to keep him up to par. not that he's a poor fighter, by any means, but gamora has higher (probably the highest) standards, and after such a painfully close call, she wants to see peter adhering to said standards, at least a bit more.
it's why she insists that he train with her, at least until he has a firmer grasp of what he needs to polish on his own time. she wants to know that he's improving, that he's getting better and more refined, so that she doesn't have to—
—worry.
that's what it is, if she's honest. not that she sees reason to inform quill, to cue him in to her reasoning beyond "to make you less of a risk to the rest of us", but she wants to see quill safe. training, getting better, faster — it's the only way she can think to provide quill with the tools to protect himself.
she won't always be there to push him out of the way, after all, and the other possible outcomes are unacceptable.
however, just because she's doing something to help him, doesn't mean she's going to make it easy.
in the milano's cargo bay, they've cleared away a space that's usable, and while it's not much, it's enough. there's area to engage each other, and gamora finds herself actually enjoying it — even if she's not properly fighting him. if she was fighting, he wouldn't stand a chance, but for now, she's trying to make a point.
and that point being, he needs to improve. that this is critical to his survival.
of course, the way she chooses to make said point isn't necessarily the kindest method she could employ.
when quill comes at her, all she does is duck out of his direct path, stick out her foot, and watch with a vaguely amused look as his foot collides with her ankle and he goes down.
she steps forward, leaning over him with her eyebrow quirked, her hair falling over her shoulder as she considers the prone terran laying on the cargo bay's steel floor. ]
Have I proven my point, or do you require further demonstration?
are u ready for quill to get knocked on his ass
however, what she doesn't let go is the fact that quill needs to invest time into honing his reflexes. in comparison to the team as a whole, he's the slowest, the least durable in immediate combat, and, well, he could do with something more formal to keep him up to par. not that he's a poor fighter, by any means, but gamora has higher (probably the highest) standards, and after such a painfully close call, she wants to see peter adhering to said standards, at least a bit more.
it's why she insists that he train with her, at least until he has a firmer grasp of what he needs to polish on his own time. she wants to know that he's improving, that he's getting better and more refined, so that she doesn't have to—
—worry.
that's what it is, if she's honest. not that she sees reason to inform quill, to cue him in to her reasoning beyond "to make you less of a risk to the rest of us", but she wants to see quill safe. training, getting better, faster — it's the only way she can think to provide quill with the tools to protect himself.
she won't always be there to push him out of the way, after all, and the other possible outcomes are unacceptable.
however, just because she's doing something to help him, doesn't mean she's going to make it easy.
in the milano's cargo bay, they've cleared away a space that's usable, and while it's not much, it's enough. there's area to engage each other, and gamora finds herself actually enjoying it — even if she's not properly fighting him. if she was fighting, he wouldn't stand a chance, but for now, she's trying to make a point.
and that point being, he needs to improve. that this is critical to his survival.
of course, the way she chooses to make said point isn't necessarily the kindest method she could employ.
when quill comes at her, all she does is duck out of his direct path, stick out her foot, and watch with a vaguely amused look as his foot collides with her ankle and he goes down.
she steps forward, leaning over him with her eyebrow quirked, her hair falling over her shoulder as she considers the prone terran laying on the cargo bay's steel floor. ]
Have I proven my point, or do you require further demonstration?