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Dark Fury Posted 8 years ago
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They aren't even around long enough to enjoy their petty spoils
Hello, could you please tell me the meaning of the sentence in bold below?
| A vampire's speech: Mankind was ill equipped for stewardship of the future. Their tiresome territorial squabbling dooms all progress. And they aren't even around long enough to enjoy their petty spoils. Theirs is but a fleeting existence, while we are eternal. Clearly, we are better suited to govern. |
I don't understand what he means by "aren't around long enough" and "their petty spoils".
Thank you!
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Dark Fury I don't understand what he means by "aren't around long enough" = they don't live long enough Dark Fury I don't understand what he means by "their petty spoils". = their trivial gains/acquisitions
- Dark Fury I don't understand what he means by "aren't around long enough" = they don't live long enough Dark Fury I don't understand what he means by "their petty spoils".
- = their trivial gains/acquisitions
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Dark FuryI don't understand what he means by "aren't around long enough"
= they don't live long enough
Dark FuryI don't understand what he means by "their petty spoils".
= their trivial gains/acquisitions
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