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隊長:「――少年を人質に取った誘拐犯はこの先の旧発掘跡… 、通称『枯れた遺跡』に立て篭もっているとの情報が入った」 Commander:「We now
know that the kidnappers are holding the boy hostage... up ahead in the old
excavation site known as "The Withered Ruins."

In the video game Wild Arms 2, I've always wondered what these 2 dashes are
supposed to indicate, and how the translators came up with their translation.
I'm not even sure what its called exactly. Is it a wakisen or a nakasen? I
mean, what difference would it make if the sentence did not begin with this
elongated dash or dashes? Would it have any impact on the meaning?
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grammar punctuation
What do 2 dashes ―― at the beginning of a sentence mean?