Two Scenes

There were plenty more entries on the "Wakanda War Heroes Rankings," but there was no need to look further. Nothing after that stood out.

A week had passed since the Battle of Wakanda ended, and Star-Lord and Gamora had returned.

Star-Lord was clearly feeling down, and Rocket did not disturb him.

Mom, I came back to see you. It's been thirty years, and I missed you so much. Also, this is the daughter-in-law I found for you. Don't discriminate against her skin color. And Grandpa... I missed you too. Thank you for not forgetting me, even at the very end...

Gamora shot Star-Lord a glare but did not smack him. Instead, she thoughtfully swept the grave of her future mother-in-law.

"What? Groot isn't coming back?" Star-Lord was both surprised and understanding. "How can that be? I'll go talk to him. If not, I'll smash his game console."

"Mm, I already threatened him. It didn't work." Rocket hung his head dejectedly.

"Then what do we do? Oh, right, where's Drax?" Star-Lord looked around and found no sign of him or Mantis.

"He... he went out to eat with Mantis. Mm, he's probably put on another round of weight," Rocket said.

"Put on weight? Great. Now no one will make fun of me anymore." Star-Lord felt quite pleased with himself.

Gamora: "..."

Rocket rolled his eyes.

"By the way, where's Thor? He still hasn't come back?" Star-Lord asked again.

"Nope."

"He didn't ditch us, did he?"

Gamora was speechless. "He's handling his mother's funeral arrangements."

Star-Lord also felt it was not right to keep pressing the issue, but... "This may not be appropriate, but it's already been a week, right? He still isn't done?"

Rocket sighed. "Asgardian customs, who knows? And staying still in this place, I'm practically rusting."

No sooner had