[ Gamora doesn't drop her hand, continuing to watch him, waiting with that offer at the ready. ]
It would still take more than that for us to abandon you.
[ Though a small, uncertain part of her calls up a reality that she can't ignore: Peter is the glue that keeps them together. How will they hold on when that glue has dissolved around them?
The last couple jobs had already been... a little rocky without him there, and she can't readily predict the long-term effects of that. Not yet. ]
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It would still take more than that for us to abandon you.
[ Though a small, uncertain part of her calls up a reality that she can't ignore: Peter is the glue that keeps them together. How will they hold on when that glue has dissolved around them?
The last couple jobs had already been... a little rocky without him there, and she can't readily predict the long-term effects of that. Not yet. ]