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If your head comes away from your neck, it’s over!
— Ramirez • Highlander
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The warning describes a fatal danger with blunt finality. There is no elaborate explanation or qualification: the conditional statement moves straight from separation of head and neck to the end. Its exclamation makes the message sound emphatic, reducing an extreme threat to a short, unmistakable rule.
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