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I don't know you, and I don't care to know you.
— The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion · 2006
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Ulrich rejects both the stranger and the possibility of learning anything about them. It is more pointed than ordinary impatience: he treats ignorance as a position of authority. The blunt second clause makes the dismissal easy to remember and difficult to mistake for politeness.
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In context
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Ulrich Leland refuses conversation this way in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), before the Cheydinhal quest Corruption and Conscience. The guard captain follows the dismissal with a threat of imprisonment. His unwelcoming greeting introduces the man at the centre of the town's complaints about its guards.
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- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Ulrich Leland dialogueDialogue / relevant quotation and surrounding sceneReference checked
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