[ He actually forgot he had already mentioned his team to her already, because Peter is the type to spout of a bajillion words a day. He has difficulty keeping track of what he's said over the course of twenty-four hours, much less over the course of several weeks. Peter sort of sucks that way. ]
Well, we've got Mantis. She's with the Orientation Team. She's really sweet. Kinda shy and awkward, but— she's cool. She can do this thing where she can read your emotions.
[ Peter still doesn't know her very well, if he's honest, but the two of them are friends, at least, as opposed to the relative strangers they were when they first arrived. ]
And we've got Gamora. She's a captain on Search and Rescue. [ and the fact that she outranks him may or may not have been a thing over which Peter was envious, but he's largely gotten over it, by now. ] She's, like, super smart and funny, and she's such a badass. Like, back home, there was this time I saw her throw a knife clear across the room and nail a guy in the eye.
[ Is this an appropriate story to tell a child? Probably not, but still, he ends it with, ]
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Well, we've got Mantis. She's with the Orientation Team. She's really sweet. Kinda shy and awkward, but— she's cool. She can do this thing where she can read your emotions.
[ Peter still doesn't know her very well, if he's honest, but the two of them are friends, at least, as opposed to the relative strangers they were when they first arrived. ]
And we've got Gamora. She's a captain on Search and Rescue. [ and the fact that she outranks him may or may not have been a thing over which Peter was envious, but he's largely gotten over it, by now. ] She's, like, super smart and funny, and she's such a badass. Like, back home, there was this time I saw her throw a knife clear across the room and nail a guy in the eye.
[ Is this an appropriate story to tell a child? Probably not, but still, he ends it with, ]
It was awesome.