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Would you be killed in your sleep, like an ailing pet?
— Serenity
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The question compares being killed while asleep with the treatment of an ailing pet. That comparison strips away a person's agency, making a quiet death sound degrading rather than reassuring. Its force comes from asking whether the listener would accept being treated as helpless and disposable.
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