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Early seemed harmless. Primitive, but harmless. Of course the fact of the matter was he had killed his landlord less than an hour before we met him. He was even wearing the guy's ring. Who knows what he did with the finger?
— Kalifornia · 1993
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker recalls first judging Early as primitive but harmless, then undercuts that with the blunt fact that he had killed his landlord less than an hour earlier. He was even wearing the dead man's ring, and the closing question darkly wonders what became of the finger.
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