"Sorry," Groot said with a smirk before diving in for a second drink of his cocoa. "More powerful to the ears when you hear it just as you say it, huh? Kind of weird, you know, having people understand me more. It's one of the things I miss about being the way I was before."
He watched as Rocket took a drink of his beverage, and he smiled as the reaction was a good one. One similar to how Groot reacted after having his for the first time. "Prepare yourself, by the way, for that conversation," Groot teased with a laugh. "All, 'Hi, welcome to Preya, what brought you here?' 'Oh, hey, I used to be a tree.' I'm curious how they'll all react to you being a former raccoon."