a very sacred terran ritual. also, if something’s small and colorful, groot thinks it’s a bug, and he WILL try to eat it (and starlord will be too much of a dad to do anything about it)
[wakes up suddenly in the middle of the night] Ego didn’t keep Mantis around because she could make him sleep, at least not entirely, he kept her around because she’d be able to manipulate the emotions of the kids he brought to the planet and make them more compliant…..
