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We'd better get back, 'cause it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night...mostly.

— Newt · Aliens

A lantern glowing amber on a violet windowsill beside plants, with a pale moth hovering nearby.
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The speaker urges a return before darkness because the unnamed others usually come at night. Repeating 'mostly' qualifies the warning in an unsettling way. Night is presented as the main danger, while the qualification leaves room for an exception to that pattern.

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