"I told Quill that he needed to fight with his heart. But I couldn't do more for his powers than that." He didn't know how much of Ego that Peter would end up with, considering the other kids hardly ended up with any.

"Sounds like your old man put all his eggs in one basket. But Ego went a little bit of ever'where. Made somethin' on each planet he visited. None of 'em had what he was lookin' for, an' he decided he didn't need 'em after that. But Peter had it all buried down in him.

"So all his trainin' was just... It weren't magic, I'll say that. I just passed on how I fight."