[That...hearing Flynn say that, helped. It broke through most of pile of self-loathing that's been heaped on ever since he's got here. But--]

--the town didn't make me drop my Zune and get myself killed, and miss Rocket. The town didn't make me crash my ship because I was fighting with Rocket. The town didn't make me realize that I should have listened to Gamora before my dad turned all maniacal on us and maybe Yondu would still be alive!

[It hurt. It hurt to say it out loud.]