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Winter is coming.
— Eddard Stark ‧ Game of Thrones
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A brief, ominous warning that a harsher season is on its way. The speaker treats the change as certain, urging readiness for cold, scarcity and hardship, and the plain statement gives it a grave, inevitable weight rather than any cozy seasonal mood.
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