[ Most of them, honestly, are about what he expected - they talk a big game, but they don't really seem like they'd have the follow-through to get in a fistfight over their beliefs or their chosen competitors. Sam's gotten himself into hot water enough times to have an idea of the signs that someone might actually go for it. ]
There's a few who might be trouble, but...
[ His face scrunches up in thought for a moment. A few he could definitely see getting into, or even starting, an altercation over this stuff. But that's a different thing. Someone can be hotheaded enough to start that kind of trouble without being coldblooded enough to escalate to something like terrorism.
And while he's pretty good at picking out the former, he's not so certain of his ability to distinguish the latter.
Don't trust anyone, even us, Rocket and Gamora had told him, way back on his first night of being Nova.
Sam's not a very good liar, but he has to assume that some of these people might be. ]
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[ Most of them, honestly, are about what he expected - they talk a big game, but they don't really seem like they'd have the follow-through to get in a fistfight over their beliefs or their chosen competitors. Sam's gotten himself into hot water enough times to have an idea of the signs that someone might actually go for it. ]
There's a few who might be trouble, but...
[ His face scrunches up in thought for a moment. A few he could definitely see getting into, or even starting, an altercation over this stuff. But that's a different thing. Someone can be hotheaded enough to start that kind of trouble without being coldblooded enough to escalate to something like terrorism.
And while he's pretty good at picking out the former, he's not so certain of his ability to distinguish the latter.
Don't trust anyone, even us, Rocket and Gamora had told him, way back on his first night of being Nova.
Sam's not a very good liar, but he has to assume that some of these people might be. ]
I don't know if I'd guess that much trouble.