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[beatupgrass]

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