[Mantis is still not entirely sure why Peter looks so concerned but she answers his question anyway.]
I have never been hit harder than the rock hit.
[She ponders on this. On the progeny of Ego she had seen come and go before Peter’s arrival on the planet. There had been many opportunities for harm in her lifetime, however long that was, but Ego had always kept her out of harm’s way, though more likely for his sake than for her own. She saw how easy it had been for him to take life.
Without thinking, Mantis takes a swallow of the drink in her hand.] I am glad to be here instead of there.
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I have never been hit harder than the rock hit.
[She ponders on this. On the progeny of Ego she had seen come and go before Peter’s arrival on the planet. There had been many opportunities for harm in her lifetime, however long that was, but Ego had always kept her out of harm’s way, though more likely for his sake than for her own. She saw how easy it had been for him to take life.
Without thinking, Mantis takes a swallow of the drink in her hand.] I am glad to be here instead of there.