[ gamora considers him for a moment, quietly, like she's actually gauging what he's capable of. ]

I doubt it'll come to that.

[ she gives a small, dismissive shrug. ]

If I didn't think you were capable of learning and improving, I wouldn't bother trying to help you. It's not that you're unskilled, Quill. You're unrefined.

This kind of training is demanding, but I think you have the ability to improve. It will just take time.

[ and that may be the closest gamora has gotten to genuinely praising quill in, well, mostly ever. ]