Characters
It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?
— Gaff · Blade Runner
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
An apparent expression of pity for one person becomes a question about everyone. The final turn makes the prospect of death universal, changing the scale of the first remark. What begins as a statement about her future ends by denying that anybody escapes the same basic limit.
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