[ He still can't quite bring himself to look at her, mostly because he doesn't trust himself to stay calm.
He's so fucking angry, still – at Gamora for lying to him, yes, but also at himself for being so fucking gullible. He feels like such an idiot for letting himself be blinded by the promise of money. He's had some decent months, here and there, but he's been scraping the bottom of the barrel long enough and often enough that having this abrupt windfall had felt like a stroke of luck.
And it still could be. All he has to do is look the other way and keep his fucking mouth shut, except—
Listen. Peter may be an asshole. He may have done some shitty things in his life, but he's not 100% a dick. He can't just sit idly by while Gamora actually murders someone. Even if he won't witness it, like Gamora intended, even if he probably won't even realize it's happened until long after the fact, he'll still know. ]
Is this guy in on it, too?
[ The words are cast a little gruffly. ]
Maybe not— this. [ And he accompanies it with a vague gesture. ] But does he know what you do?
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He's so fucking angry, still – at Gamora for lying to him, yes, but also at himself for being so fucking gullible. He feels like such an idiot for letting himself be blinded by the promise of money. He's had some decent months, here and there, but he's been scraping the bottom of the barrel long enough and often enough that having this abrupt windfall had felt like a stroke of luck.
And it still could be. All he has to do is look the other way and keep his fucking mouth shut, except—
Listen. Peter may be an asshole. He may have done some shitty things in his life, but he's not 100% a dick. He can't just sit idly by while Gamora actually murders someone. Even if he won't witness it, like Gamora intended, even if he probably won't even realize it's happened until long after the fact, he'll still know. ]
Is this guy in on it, too?
[ The words are cast a little gruffly. ]
Maybe not— this. [ And he accompanies it with a vague gesture. ] But does he know what you do?