[Rocket huffs and pats her on the nose.] Yeah, I know. It sucks. [At least she didn't jump up and start pointing her rage somewhere else futilely. She's here and he's here and the most important thing is that when this dragon business is over, that chapter can close.]

Bastard's dead now, anyway. You couldn't get at him even if you wanted to, don't worry about it, okay? It was a whole thing, and besides... It ain't like you can control when they're gonna put you back under. Nobody can.