[ when peter tries to sit up, gamora just pointedly puts her foot on his shoulder and shoves, intending to pin him right back to the floor.
...this is likely payback for all of that complaining he'd done up until this point. she knows he's made a near sport out of complaints, but that doesn't mean she necessarily appreciated all the whining leading up to this.
but she could also just pass this off as even more of a demonstration of why this is important: if his reflexes are terrible, he leaves himself even more vulnerable by falling on his ass and getting pinned down. ]
If you're fragile enough to require them, that may have been a better option.
[ gamora doesn't see the need for practice mats, because she certainly never used them — but, then again, quill doesn't take getting slammed into the floor quite as well as she does. ]
But if you don't think you can take a fall, we could always practice that first instead.
[ she's speaking perfectly casually, but still hasn't pulled her foot off of him. ]
that's what she's here for t b h
...this is likely payback for all of that complaining he'd done up until this point. she knows he's made a near sport out of complaints, but that doesn't mean she necessarily appreciated all the whining leading up to this.
but she could also just pass this off as even more of a demonstration of why this is important: if his reflexes are terrible, he leaves himself even more vulnerable by falling on his ass and getting pinned down. ]
If you're fragile enough to require them, that may have been a better option.
[ gamora doesn't see the need for practice mats, because she certainly never used them — but, then again, quill doesn't take getting slammed into the floor quite as well as she does. ]
But if you don't think you can take a fall, we could always practice that first instead.
[ she's speaking perfectly casually, but still hasn't pulled her foot off of him. ]