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Have you been chasing me your whole life only to fail now? I think that's the worst thing I ever heard...how marvelous.
— Count Rugen
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker mocks someone whose lifelong chase has apparently ended in failure, savouring the irony with mock admiration. Calling it 'the worst thing I ever heard' and then 'marvelous' turns the other person's disappointment into entertainment, delivering the cruelty with a delighted, sneering flourish.
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