Function of と言う


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The context:The person who are saying these have been attacked and while he
was running away got injured.Madoka finds him and she is trying to help him.

My question is:What's the function of と言う here?




As explained by istrasci
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/12755/what-is-the-
difference-between-using-%E3%82%92-and-%E3%81%A8-with-the-
verb-%E8%A8%80%E3%81%86), in this case と is a quotation marker (the use of
brackets also hints at that). So it literally means:

> Say "run away without me".

Look closer, not all these options are about saying something. The third
option is a different kind of action. So the brackets and と言う are used to make
it clear what is a phrase and what isn't.




As explained by istrasci
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/12755/what-is-the-
difference-between-using-%E3%82%92-and-%E3%81%A8-with-the-
verb-%E8%A8%80%E3%81%86), in this case と is a quotation marker (the use of
brackets also hints at that). So it literally means:

> Say "run away without me".

Look closer, not all these options are about saying something. The third
option is a different kind of action. So the brackets and と言う are used to make
it clear what is a phrase and what isn't.

