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Okay, um. So help me out here Max. I mean, what are you?
— Roswell ‧ 1999
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Hesitating with 'um' and 'I mean', the speaker asks Max for help and then puts the question bluntly: what are you? The stumbling phrasing suggests someone searching for words to ask about the listener's very nature.
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