Hesitation or not, Rocket gives him the funniest look at that. "What? Nah. Ain't a lotta folks into freaks like me." Well, there was Lylla, but he hasn't seen her for ages. "It's a... a family. A buncha losers who broke outta prison together."

That's totally how families happen, he's pretty sure.

"We're the Guardians of the Galaxy," he says, quelling the pang in his chest at the reminder that for a while, he'd been the only one. "Big-time galaxy savers now. Not surprised if you ain't heard of us though. Lotta people here haven't." Which is kind of annoying, but it is what it is.