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

[Mike Jing]

OK, so it's figurative. Thanks, Jamie.

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:34 AM, Jamie McKittrick <jamiemckit at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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