"These bodies... whose bodies are these?!" Gamora was stunned by the sight before her. Her eyes widened, her pupils dilated, and she could not hide the fear inside her.
Mantis approached Gamora and gently touched her arm. The tips of the antennae on her head began to glow.
The instant they made contact, Gamora's expression turned dazed, as though that terrible fear had suddenly left her body.
Mantis had only meant to help, but once Gamora realized that all of this was a trap Ego had laid for them, she began to suspect Mantis as well.
"What did you do to me?!" Gamora slapped Mantis's hand away, her expression wary.
"No, I just wanted to make you feel better. You're very afraid." Mantis was not angry at Gamora's rejection. She cautiously glanced around.
"Those are all Ego's children."
Unlike Gamora, who could not bring herself to trust Mantis, Drax had far fewer doubts.
"Relax, Gamora. Mantis wasn't trying to do anything bad."
Drax took two steps forward and pointed at the bones on the ground.
"So Ego's children all end up dying."
Mantis nodded without denying it.
"Then..." Drax looked utterly serious and slapped his thigh. "I've got it! Does Ego have a hereditary disease? Then Star-Lord will end up like this too."
Looking at the piles of shattered bones on the ground, Drax felt sad, though he had completely missed the point.
"Oh, poor Quill." He was so upset he was on the verge of tears.
"No, no, no." Mantis interrupted the sentimental Drax.
"Ego killed them all."
Gamora's body went taut, like a drawn bowstring.
"Oh no, Quill!"
At Mantis's words, she urged, "Quick, tell me everything you know!"
Elsewhere.
After confirming Star-Lord's longing for fatherly love and his trust in him, Ego revealed his plan.
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