Re: ZK translation: I’m looking right through you

[Jamie McKittrick]

He senses an ulterior motive to the questioning. Like looking through a
disguise and seeing the face underneath.

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:24 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> P93.16-28   I stopped alongside a robust man seated in his carrel. He wore
> a knit shirt and resembled a fellow on a golf course plunked down in his
> cart. I stood in front of him and asked how he was feeling.
>        He said, “Who are you?”
>        I told him I was a visitor eager to be educated. I said he looked
> pretty healthy. I said I was curious about the time he’d spent here and how
> much longer it would be before he was taken wherever they would take him.
>        He said, “Who are you?”
>        I said, “Don’t you feel the chill, the damp air, the tight space?”
>        He said, “I’m looking right through you.”
>
> What does he mean by "I’m looking right through you"?
>
>
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