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He's an ordinary person. I can kill an ordinary person.

— Bob Alexander · Dave

A toppled wooden pawn beside a single die and a small corner of a chessboard on a teal background.
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An editorial interpretation.

The speaker reasons that killing is manageable when the person in question is unremarkable. Calling him ordinary strips away any special status that might make the act harder, and the flat, matter-of-fact phrasing makes the calculation sound chilling.

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