[ fortunately for groot, he calls peter a scaredy cat when peter specifically said he wasn't, and that diverts his attention from correcting groot's misinterpretation of what he's said. if he had the patience (ha) of rocket, perhaps he'd work on this until the cows literally come home and go i am moo. but he doesn't. instead, when groot eventually goes left and they go right, and he doesn't follow, it'll all come back to this moment — because they'll have to go save groot, and peter will blame groot instead of himself for the fact that this little tree is such a male with selective hearing. ]
I'm not always scared! You're the scared one. You hid behind me that one time when we were — [ he stops, face tilting upward as he tries to recall the moment. no, groot was pretty brave back when he was tall, and he exuded some braveness when he was tiny, too. that bug was fucking scary, man. ] Okay, maybe not that moment, but the other moment! In prison! And when we were flying the ship! I told you to put your seatbelt on but nooo, I am Groot thinks he knows better than the driver and Star-Lord! Who, by the way, was the same person!
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[ fortunately for groot, he calls peter a scaredy cat when peter specifically said he wasn't, and that diverts his attention from correcting groot's misinterpretation of what he's said. if he had the patience (ha) of rocket, perhaps he'd work on this until the cows literally come home and go i am moo. but he doesn't. instead, when groot eventually goes left and they go right, and he doesn't follow, it'll all come back to this moment — because they'll have to go save groot, and peter will blame groot instead of himself for the fact that this little tree is such a male with selective hearing. ]
I'm not always scared! You're the scared one. You hid behind me that one time when we were — [ he stops, face tilting upward as he tries to recall the moment. no, groot was pretty brave back when he was tall, and he exuded some braveness when he was tiny, too. that bug was fucking scary, man. ] Okay, maybe not that moment, but the other moment! In prison! And when we were flying the ship! I told you to put your seatbelt on but nooo, I am Groot thinks he knows better than the driver and Star-Lord! Who, by the way, was the same person!