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On the other hand extends the previous warning: even a glance is enough to finish the observer, even if the response is only silence.

The page is stark and compressed, turning sight into a point of no return and silence into no real protection.

A six-line coda to the preceding vision, inverting its consolation: 'On the other hand / If you have even glanced / You are finished.' Sight is the point of no return, and silence offers no escape -- 'Even / If you have / just shut up.' The stark, broken lineation makes the verdict feel like a sentence being handed down.