[ He pauses as she puts space between them – and if he waits half of a breath before turning away, he'll blame it on his own distraction.
But turn he does, offering her that bare bit of privacy, before dragging a hand down his face. ]
There's eventually gonna be some giant, evil A.I. that wants to assimilate the universe, and they want me dead. So they zap an agent back through time, who's practically unkillable and unstoppable. And the only way I'm safe from him is if I'm flying through space.
And I've got the Ravagers on my tail. And I've got a planet-destroying artifact in my bag.
But even putting all that aside, let's say we manage to chuck Korath off a cliff, I make peace with Yondu, and manage to offload the Orb. Even if I survive all of this, my reward is, what? My life and a robot-apocalypse in, like, less than a decade.
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[ He pauses as she puts space between them – and if he waits half of a breath before turning away, he'll blame it on his own distraction.
But turn he does, offering her that bare bit of privacy, before dragging a hand down his face. ]
There's eventually gonna be some giant, evil A.I. that wants to assimilate the universe, and they want me dead. So they zap an agent back through time, who's practically unkillable and unstoppable. And the only way I'm safe from him is if I'm flying through space.
And I've got the Ravagers on my tail. And I've got a planet-destroying artifact in my bag.
But even putting all that aside, let's say we manage to chuck Korath off a cliff, I make peace with Yondu, and manage to offload the Orb. Even if I survive all of this, my reward is, what? My life and a robot-apocalypse in, like, less than a decade.
So maybe I'm starting to freak out.