"I just...kinda forgot what it was like for a while," he admitted. "The people I've fought side by side with have tried to look out for me. Dragged me out of the fryer more than once -- especially Starlord. But it's not like most people could keep up. Even up there, with all those heavy hitters. Only a few people up there were on the same level and not all of 'em were friendly."
He'd had friends, and some like Peter genuinely loved him, but there was only so much they could do. There was too much Rich'd had to face alone.
When he finally let go, he looked up at Vance with a bit of a lost expression on his face.
"It's been a long time since I was with the team. It's been a long time since I didn't feel like I was just...something apart."
It'd been a long time since he'd not felt like some kind of singular thing. Alone. The last and only Nova. The only person that'd made it feel less like that was Peter.
But he hadn't felt like he really belonged anywhere in ages. Not since Xandar fell, and not since he'd come home from the war to find so many of his friends dead -- or lost.
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"I just...kinda forgot what it was like for a while," he admitted. "The people I've fought side by side with have tried to look out for me. Dragged me out of the fryer more than once -- especially Starlord. But it's not like most people could keep up. Even up there, with all those heavy hitters. Only a few people up there were on the same level and not all of 'em were friendly."
He'd had friends, and some like Peter genuinely loved him, but there was only so much they could do. There was too much Rich'd had to face alone.
When he finally let go, he looked up at Vance with a bit of a lost expression on his face.
"It's been a long time since I was with the team. It's been a long time since I didn't feel like I was just...something apart."
It'd been a long time since he'd not felt like some kind of singular thing. Alone. The last and only Nova. The only person that'd made it feel less like that was Peter.
But he hadn't felt like he really belonged anywhere in ages. Not since Xandar fell, and not since he'd come home from the war to find so many of his friends dead -- or lost.