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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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About you...

Mr. Summers: Once you get a clean bill of health, we'll take you to Metropolis.
Eric: W-what are we gonna do there?
Mr. Summers: I've got an old colleague who's a professor at the university. He wants to meet you.
Eric: Don't you mean study me? I'm not one of your damn science experiments, Dad.
This is about you, Dad, it's always about you. Even with this it's still not enough.
What does he mean?
  

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Madhulk This is about you, Dad, it's always about you . Even with this it's still not enough. There's only enough context here to take guess.

  • Madhulk This is about you, Dad, it's always about you .
  • Even with this it's still not enough.
  • There's only enough context here to take guess.
  • I'm assuming that Mr.
  • Summers is Eric's father.
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MadhulkThis is about you, Dad, it's always about you. Even with this it's still not enough.
There's only enough context here to take guess. I'm assuming that Mr. Summers is Eric's father.

Eric is saying that whatever Summers wants him (Eric) to do is not for Eric's benefit but instead for Summers' benefit.
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Thanks, RayH! And yeah - he is Eric's father.

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