"I know," He said, almost defensively. "I know I messed up, okay? I wasn't actually planning for animals to show up. She's not actually ready to deal with living things."

If she had just pulled the trigger when I said...

Quill could feel Gamora glare at him from wherever she was.

"Look, I'm sorry, okay?" He said, "I didn't mean for all this to happen, but you were here and she's not dead, so that's something."