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[ Honestly, he's surprised no one asked before. ]

It's a phobia, it's not necessarily rational. Snakes are gross, scaly, and they can kill you in really painful ways. Have I mentioned gross?

[ THERE, an answer! Because you asked nicely. ]

Imagine you don't like spiders and I try to make you eat a bowl of tarantulas.

I am aware of what a phobia is.

（ it's a good thing this is text, the brusque annoyance that would otherwise be in his tone at having the word explained to him as if he were a child isn't present. ）

I and others have additional rations. Please stop by the saloon later, I will give you what I can.

Ah, ok. I lost count of how often I had to explain these sorts of things to aliens while growing up, not everyone gets it. There are species that don't even understand feelings the way we do.

[ Or sarcasm, or jokes, like it happens with Drax and Mantis. Peter is used to explaining things in general, it's not like he meant to offend Itachi. ]

What? No, no, that's generous of you, but you should keep them. I'm touched, so thanks, but I'll be...fine. [ Will he, really? ] I might have to get blackout drunk every time I need to eat from now on, but eh... [ He tries to make it a joke but he's probably going to do that for real. ]

（ buddy you're going to give him a migraine. ）

It isn't about being generous. It's about unit cohesion and having as many people as possible functioning optimally. If you need to get 'blackout drunk' to eat anything, you will be more likely to injure yourself or others suffering from the ill-effects of the liquor. Given that we are already operating on a very thin margin of risk tolerance with this mission, that seems unwise.

This is not altruism. Stop by the saloon.

[ Welcome to the Peter Quill experience, Itachi. ™ ]

Have I ever mentioned that you remind me of my girlfriend when you talk like that? More like when we first met, but still.

[ He thinks it's sweet, despite Itachi aiming for logical arguments here. ]

Okay, okay, I'll come over. I was on my day off, so I didn't plan on going to the saloon for once. You do know I work there, right?

No.

（ he met gamora exactly once, went 'ah, same ~~hat~~ trauma' and good times were had by all. still, he has no idea that she's the girlfriend peter is talking about. ）

Yes. Why do you think I suggested it?

（ it's a landmark building, he can be guaranteed peter knows where it is, he doesn't have to terrify the man half to death by just showing up in his room... he has his reasons!! ）

Her name's Gamora, she is also here with us. Her skin is green, so she's probably not that hard to spot among the other orbers. She's an incredible fighter and somewhat more serious than me.

[ 'Somewhat' he says. The understatement of the century. ]

Oh, okay, fair point. I'll meet you there in no time.

[ Honestly, people showing up in his room announced wouldn't be a cause of concern for him. Peter is used to weird shit happening in his life constantly. Unless Itachi does that crow-trick-jump-ninja-spooky-business of his and decided to get into the room through the window.

ANYWAY! To the saloon he goes. He still feels bad about the idea of eating Itachi's food, even if the man insists on it, but he knows better than to argue at this point. ]

We've met.

（ he doesn't bother responding to the next part, just heads to the saloon himself. good times were had by all, actual, solid food changed hands, and then itachi probably disappeared like batman into the shadows or something shortly thereafter.

as you do.

#ninjathings!! ）

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