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A lifetime of preparation, and I end up a refugee.
— Burt Gummer ‧ Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker laments the bitter irony of spending a whole life preparing, only to end up a refugee anyway. All that foresight has not spared them the outcome it was meant to guard against, and the remark mixes dismay with dry, self-mocking incredulity.
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