(the kitty does sort of distract him from all that. first of all, his finger goes to his lips, a request for silence and stillness before he points to it, hopefully Mr. Quill can take the cat and it won't run away again. hopefully. he can't let the cat suspect, though, so he'll continue explaining the story with the newfound information.)

Dude, I think you might have a shot, you looked crazy about her and stuff, put a gun to my head and everything over her - but you might wanna change your codename.

(please. PLEASE.)

Yeah. I saw you, Mantis you said? And, uh, forgot his name. Shirtless dude. And then me. And half the universe's living being. You gotta kill him when you go back home, man. Bet you he isn't dead, dude's crazy strong.