[ He presses his lips together into a thin line, regarding her over his glass.
He barely knows her. What he does know is that however it was that it happened, she ended up on their side. He remembers Mantis standing on the construction ship, terrified, but still offering her help. He remembers Mantis using her abilities against his father, keeping that giant goddamn ass-blaster at bay. He remembers her getting knocked the hell out, too, and Drax carrying her to safety.
(After that... things sort of cut to black, until he woke up on Thesa.)
He doesn’t know how the hell any of that happened or what her reasoning was for helping them – aside from the obvious fact that Ego was a huge, unmitigated cask of crap with a cup of crazy on the side – but he has to admit, whatever she was before, now, she’s kind of part of the team.
... Whether or not she wants to be is another matter entirely. ]
no subject
He barely knows her. What he does know is that however it was that it happened, she ended up on their side. He remembers Mantis standing on the construction ship, terrified, but still offering her help. He remembers Mantis using her abilities against his father, keeping that giant goddamn ass-blaster at bay. He remembers her getting knocked the hell out, too, and Drax carrying her to safety.
(After that... things sort of cut to black, until he woke up on Thesa.)
He doesn’t know how the hell any of that happened or what her reasoning was for helping them – aside from the obvious fact that Ego was a huge, unmitigated cask of crap with a cup of crazy on the side – but he has to admit, whatever she was before, now, she’s kind of part of the team.
... Whether or not she wants to be is another matter entirely. ]
You still wanna live on your own, then?
[ And he asks it as evenly as he can. ]