"Big brother, I promise we'll call you if it looks like a Celestial is going to destroy an inhabited galaxy by sneezing - or any other similar catastrophes."

Now Robby pulled him into a one-armed hug.

"Now slow down and enjoy picking on the supervillains and stealing their lunch money for a little while, okay?"

He pointed at the others.

"And you." He recognized Vance. He pretended not to recognize Robbie - he knew the drill. "Please make sure this big lug sticks to protecting just one planet for a little while. Instead of, you know, all of them."