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Nobody beats the Devil. Are you listening? Did you hear what I said, Mr. Stone? Nobody beats the Devil.
— The Devil ‧ Brimstone
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A menacing boast delivered with insistence. The speaker demands attention twice, checks that the listener heard, then repeats the claim for emphasis: nobody wins against the Devil. It reads as swagger and warning combined, hammered in like a nail.
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