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[beatupgrass]

This is Rocket. What the hell d'you want?
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[beatupgrass]

Explain to me how that's different. I gotta hear this.

[monya]

[ UHHHHHHHHHH ]

Well, I took them myself, too! Normally Joker just snaps a few when I'm not looking and sends them to me...

[ he loves cats okay ]

[beatupgrass]

[actually no, he has something better to be baffled by now.]

Tell me you at least punch him for that. Quill's done that to me when I've been in the middle of, let's just say, vaguely compromising positions, and he's regretted it.

[monya]

Of course not! I'd never punch him. He's my best friend.

[ but hey. one better baffle deserves another? ]

What do you mean, compromising positions? Like, doing something illegal?

[ . . . ]

[beatupgrass]

No, I do that all the time. That's not compromising. That's like a Tuesday.

Look, it's not important. Forget I said it.

[monya]

Why don't you send me a picture of what you consider compromising and I'll be the judge of it?

[beatupgrass]

Geez, kid. What if it was disgusting?

It's not, but what if it was? You want that seared into your brain?

[monya]

Now that you bring that up...

You're right. I don't need to have any of those mental images.

But you shouldn't punch your friend just because you let your guard down.

[beatupgrass]

Glad we understand each other.

[All hail Rocket turning something innocuous like Quill catching him fucking around with minnows in a pond like a True Example of His Species and filming it into something horrible to avoid admitting it.]

It's practically how we communicate, anyway. A few shin bruises ain't gonna kill him.

[monya]

In the shin? I mean, if you're going to send a message, you could probably jump up and try to get him a little higher.

[ like, a gentle poke in the stomach! nothing lower, but also never the face. where are Rocket's ups? ]

[beatupgrass]

Getting kicked in the shin hurts like a son of a bitch if you put a little muscle into it. Why waste effort to prove your point.

And if I'm jumping to get at them, I'm not gonna go for the stomach.

[Definitely lower...]

[monya]

How much muscle do you normally put into it?

[ not saying that Rocket doesn't have any but probably more than Mona has. ]

... so the chin? Seems pretty harsh, doesn't it?

[ think about your honor, Rocket... ?! ]

[beatupgrass]

All of it. My guns weigh more than I do, so you do the math.

[He's not gonna win weight lifting competitions but he did punch a dude unconscious... after hitting him a lot.]

If I'm going that high, I'll just hit the head. Lower than that.

[HE HAS NO HONOR. HE'S EASILY DROPKICKED. THERE'S NO HONOR IN WEIGHING 25 POUNDS SOAKING WET.]

[monya]

[ 25 pounds of honor sounds like a lot of honor...! ]

I have a feeling you'd do anything just to win, wouldn't you? Do anything at any cost?

[ he wants to appreciate that kind of mentality, but there's always an inkling of something that gets in the way... ]

Also, you probably would hurt your hand if you tried to hit someone in the head too hard. And those must be pretty heavy guns...

[beatupgrass]

Why would anyone do anything else?

[It's text and yet you can feel his GENUINE BAFFLEMENT. Like yeah? If you don't win, half the time you end up super dead.]

[monya]

No one plays to lose, but... don't you have any rules you have to follow or anything? Or worry you might take it too far?

[ welcome to Morality 101??? then again, Mona's overall concept of dealing with problems is probably a little... uh... extravagant in some ways.

Rocket probably doesn't belong in anyone's palace tbh ]

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket most definitely doesn't belong in anyone's palace.]

Yeah, I got rules. I'm not a psychopath. And I've had some... life experiences that taught me when I'm maybe pushing too far.

[Yondu cornering him in the Quadrant and yelling his faults at him-type life experiences.]