[ even something as seemingly simple as letting the others see her while injured is significant for gamora. before, while still under thanos's thumb, there was no scenario where she would have left herself openly vulnerable like this; but here, with the guardians, she doesn't try to hide the fact that she's been hurt. she handles it differently, yes, but she isn't denying that damage has been done.
she's accepting help, after all, and letting peter do something so seemingly minor for her (but, in reality, this is also significant). she isn't in any hurry to see the braid finished, either, and even if she could have finished this quickly with two working arms, she doesn't see a need to rush him or otherwise. it's still...nice having someone else touching her hair.
there's a tiny quirk of her lips, but only because she's not looking back at peter, because she doesn't think he'll see it. ]
I won't break it again. It should be fully healed by tomorrow, anyway.
[ but she holds up her arm, giving a demonstration of her fingers slowly (painfully slowly) extending and flexing, then curling into a fist. if she goes about it with some degree of patience, her hand doesn't shake (but that does, in fact, require said patience). ]
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she's accepting help, after all, and letting peter do something so seemingly minor for her (but, in reality, this is also significant). she isn't in any hurry to see the braid finished, either, and even if she could have finished this quickly with two working arms, she doesn't see a need to rush him or otherwise. it's still...nice having someone else touching her hair.
there's a tiny quirk of her lips, but only because she's not looking back at peter, because she doesn't think he'll see it. ]
I won't break it again. It should be fully healed by tomorrow, anyway.
[ but she holds up her arm, giving a demonstration of her fingers slowly (painfully slowly) extending and flexing, then curling into a fist. if she goes about it with some degree of patience, her hand doesn't shake (but that does, in fact, require said patience). ]
See? It has already improved.