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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
— Veronica Quaife · The Fly
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The second instruction intensifies the first instead of explaining it. That withheld explanation makes the warning more unsettling: the listener is told how strongly to react before learning the full reason. The repeated phrase concentrates the threat into a few words, leaving imagination to supply its scale.
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