He isn't going down that road again. He just isn't. No more conversations about cannibals. There are other things to discuss, like how that scenario is not as original as he thought.

"You gotta be kiddin' me. I didn't think anything like that could happen once, let alone to somebody different. So what? You guys on the same crew now or..."

Maybe he's gauging how long the shelf life for the Guardians of the Galaxy might be here. He's not really expecting much, but he's been away long enough that he kinda hopes for a pretty decent span of time.