[ Fortunately for Peter, the outburst doesn't take Gamora by surprise. She doesn't reel back or break contact, but keeps that her expression leveled out, unmoved. ]
That's what I assumed.
[ If Peter had, she feels like she would have seen it before now, or that he might have mentioned it. He obviously wouldn't be responding like this if it wasn't sudden and unexpected.
She hasn't pried, though; she hasn't been insistent or belligerent, because she's wanted Peter to have the chance to breathe and process on his own time. If he wanted to discuss it, she assumes he would share or that it would have come up, but she knows how sensitive it is. ]
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That's what I assumed.
[ If Peter had, she feels like she would have seen it before now, or that he might have mentioned it. He obviously wouldn't be responding like this if it wasn't sudden and unexpected.
She hasn't pried, though; she hasn't been insistent or belligerent, because she's wanted Peter to have the chance to breathe and process on his own time. If he wanted to discuss it, she assumes he would share or that it would have come up, but she knows how sensitive it is. ]
Is that... how it was before?