[ Rocket's reaction to her protest is to give her something of a blase shrug.

But yes, a part of him also realizes this means that she'll turn to doing something other than crying and feeling like she's got anything to be sorry about. Because as far as Rocket's concerned, she doesn't. ]

Well, I think it's impressive. [ He's not backing down from that. ] Means you got powerful, and that ain't nothing to sneeze at.

[ So now he'll just give the bangle a close study, ignoring the dried blood and possible viscera that had not yet been cleaned from its surface. ]

Uh-huh. You tweak the controls of it a bit, maybe tone the power down for a weak mortal, and you could have something real useful in a war effort. No one'll see it coming, and then bam! People Pancake.