Yep, that's what he thought. Quill didn't even understand the implications of what he did when you spelled them out for him. He's like a... child, somehow, but no, that's not it. It's just a different way of thinking, an alien's way of thinking, or maybe a god's, but there's something horrific about it, something utterly destructive behind the cheerful mask.

It's warm on the planet's surface but Ezekiel feels cold anyway and he remembers Stone telling him about what happened between Quill and Flynn. Betraying him. Torturing him. Destroying him.

And we're gonna have so much fun.

Ezekiel forces a smirk, trying not to let on to his growing horror. "I make it a point to always be on Team Awesome."

But that last bit makes him blink. "I'm not?"