Characters
What happened to Simon? Who is this diabolical master of disguise?
— Wash ‧ Firefly
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Wash reacts with mock alarm to someone's sudden transformation. Asking what happened to Simon, then dubbing the culprit a diabolical master of disguise, turns confusion into melodrama. It's comic exaggeration, teasing a change of appearance as if it were a villain's scheme.
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