Crooked smiling theatrical mask on two blank sealed envelopes, maroon/copper

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Mal

Ah, he’s not the first psycho to hire us, nor the last. You think that’s a commentary on us?

— Firefly · 2002

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker admits that troubling employers have become a familiar pattern for the group. The closing question turns that pattern back on the people accepting the work. Their choice of clients becomes grounds for an uneasy joke about themselves.

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