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It’s like looking in a mirror. Only…not.
— Castor Troy · Face/Off
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker offers a comparison to a mirror image, then hesitates and undercuts it with 'Only…not'. The pause gives the remark an uneasy edge: something looks like a reflection, yet a crucial difference makes it not a true copy.
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