It never gets easier to hear the words 'oh I've seen things like you before,' whether it be a snide remark about raccoons or the more insulting version about bipedal, talking animals, like it's natural to be like that. Like somewhere little animal mommies and daddies are naturally having kids that, like them, will be bipedal and intelligent.
As opposed to being born in a cage to a mother pumped so full of mutagens that her brain deteriorated so much she can't tell the difference between her babies and prey, and then tortured and ripped apart into this shape.
As far as conversation goes, it's the usual ice breaker, and it never fails to make him tense and agitated- more than usual.
"No, you haven't been, 'cause where I come from nothing else looks like me, but me."
If Axel knew how Rocket felt about those words, he might have chosen them differently. He really means no insult at all--sure, Goofy might not be the smartest bipedal talking animal he's ever met, and Donald has his anger issues, and even the king probably has his faults, but Axel's never seen anything wrong about it. He frowns a bit, averting his eyes.
"Didn't mean any offense," he says honestly. "I used to buy ice cream from a guy who looked like a duck, when I was a kid. Never knew where he was from, but..." He trails off, figuring the remark is self-explanatory. Axel may be a selfish sarcastic jerk who doesn't know how to say please and rarely covers anyone's ass but his own, but he's not gonna judge somebody for being what they are. He's not even supposed to exist, after all.
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As opposed to being born in a cage to a mother pumped so full of mutagens that her brain deteriorated so much she can't tell the difference between her babies and prey, and then tortured and ripped apart into this shape.
As far as conversation goes, it's the usual ice breaker, and it never fails to make him tense and agitated- more than usual.
"No, you haven't been, 'cause where I come from nothing else looks like me, but me."
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"Didn't mean any offense," he says honestly. "I used to buy ice cream from a guy who looked like a duck, when I was a kid. Never knew where he was from, but..." He trails off, figuring the remark is self-explanatory. Axel may be a selfish sarcastic jerk who doesn't know how to say please and rarely covers anyone's ass but his own, but he's not gonna judge somebody for being what they are. He's not even supposed to exist, after all.