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Original Story by
JEON Kyeong-lin
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KlM, Yun-jin
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LEE, Jong-won
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GYE, Sung-yong
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ARDOR
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My name is Lee Mi-heun
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I married a senior classmate
the year I graduated from college
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We had a daughter and spent
eight happy years together
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I devoted myself to
my house and family
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My husband loved this about me
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This was how we planned
to grow old together
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Not finished yet?
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Let's wrap it up and go to bed
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Leaving this unfolded can
bring bad luck tomorrow
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December 24th, 2000
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Even on the night she came over
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I believed my life
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would always be this peaceful
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Hello?
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Yes, it is
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Yes. Go ahead
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I bought some beer.
I didn't want to come empty handed
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I thought I should see
Mr. Kim before I leave
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I owe him quite a lot
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I wanted to stop by earlier
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Anyway, we had a party
around here
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He's the only one
who didn't show
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It's not that I had to
be there
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I'm leaving early tomorrow
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Are you going far away?
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Incheon
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You know what a foster home is?
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It's for abandoned children
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I'll be living there with them
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Sounds like a difficult job
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Nice apartment
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How big is it?
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Oh, there's a flag
in the house
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My daughter drew it
in pre-school
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Something is wrong with it
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But what?
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Isn't it upside down?
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Right, it is!
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I knew something was
wrong with it
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How silly!
It's drawn upside down
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Sweetie
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- She doesn't know anything
- What the? What are you doing?
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Can't you stay with me tonight?
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Miss Jung, stop it.
Are you drunk?
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But I'm really leaving
tomorrow!
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Aren't you sad at all?
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Don't do this, get off me
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No, I wanna stay with you
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Can I sleep here with you?
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Sweetie, huh?
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Young-woo
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Can I sleep here with you?
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I haven't slept in days.
Let me stay, sweetie
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Don't you miss me, honey?
Smell me
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I know you love me, huh?
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You two, If you need to
talk, go outside
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No, Mi-heun, that's not it
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Let go
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- She's just drunk, that's all
- Let go
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You crazy girl
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This house
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This house not here!
Don't you know that?
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Get out! Get out, now!
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Sweetie?
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How disgusting
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Was it fun fooling around?
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Mi-heun
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Get out It's over now.
Stop it
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Let go!
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What the?
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Wanna know what
he said to me?
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He said I pull him
in all the way
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He said he'll never forget how
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I squeeze him tight inside me
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We weren’t just fooling around
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I even got pregnant
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Last month,
I had an abortion, and he
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Your husband, I mean
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He waited outside the operating
room afraid I'd get hurt
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He worried I wouldn't wake up
and he'd never see me again!
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We loved each other like
more than you could ever dream of
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And you want me to leave?
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You gotta be kidding
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I've got as much right
to be here as you!
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You!
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I didn't know there was a knife!
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- I didn't know, sweetie
- Daddy?
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Su-jin! Go back to your room
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Mi-heun, open your eyes!
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What the hell did you
hit her with?
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Mi-heun! Mi-heun!
Open your eyes!
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6 months later
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She just moved here
from Seoul
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and doesn't know her
way around
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- So help her adjust
- The countryside's best for kids
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We had a bus for them
until last year
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- But the school funds have depleted
- I see
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- The head wound is fully healed
- There shouldn't be any problems
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Nothing will stop your headaches
I'll prescribe a tranquilizer
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You know what a drug addict is?
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Snap out of it, Mi-heun, please?
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Ma'am? We're at Butterfly Ville
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This is where you get off
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- Get on
- No, you go first
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- Oh! It's you!
- Hello
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Coming from somewhere?
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- You're getting around well
- I went to the school
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- Taking off
- Oh, mister! I'm coming on
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Honey? I picked Su-jin up
from school
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- Daddy, what's this?
- Oh, that's a TV
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If you press here, we can
watch TV Cool, huh?
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Mommy, look!
Daddy came to school in this!
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- You bought a car?
- Oh, you're up
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Well, you'll need a car too,
to get to the hospital
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You can use the other car. On
weekends, we'll go around in this
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- How's that sound, Su-jin?
- Great!
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Wonderful?
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Hello? Yes, professor,
this is Hyo-kyung
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I'm here for good
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I handed over the
publishing company to Chang
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and took over the
bookstore over from Dae
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No, nothing like that
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Well, with my wife's health
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No, it's nothing serious
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She just needs clean
air and rest
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Yes, I think so
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I'll come by sometime
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Take care, professor.
Bye, sir
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Hi, Mommy!
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I couldn't quit, no matter what
Even after getting lung cancer
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Rest stop
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A bottle of water, please
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- Hey!
- Yeah?
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You put a novel
under Reference!
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Ah-huh
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Don't sit around doing nothing
Go clean the windows
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Fuck the nice weather today
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Hello?
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Are you the owner of this car?
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There's something wrong
with it
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What's the problem?
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I'm not sure, it just stopped
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When's the last time
you put gas in the car?
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Pardon?
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Didn't even know that
it's out of gas
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15,000 won, please
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- What about the gas can?
- Excuse me?
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You have to return it, but
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You're not from around here,
huh?
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- Just visiting?
- No, I live here
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- 3000 won more for the can
- What?
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You know doc,
but I don't know you
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I ain't never seen you
3,000 won!
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How's country life so far?
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You moved into the house
downhill?
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Didn't change
your car plates yet?
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I didn't know
you lived uphill
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I was surprised to see you
come out of that house
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It's famous around here.
Did you know when you went in?
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That does it
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Seems like your thoughts
are always somewhere else
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Are you okay?
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Live here for a month, you'll see.
It'll bore you to death
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No mall, no theatres
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It's an hour from the city
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If you sit around doing nothing,
you'll just go crazy
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Doesn't the Mrs have a job?
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You must have made
a lot of money
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You should come out more
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People are saying
you're sick
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since you don't
come out Rumours!
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Oh, I didn't know that
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Don't be offended
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It's different
from Seoul around here
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Anyway, did you meet him?
Up the hill?
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When they moved in,
it was worse than here
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Wondering why a young,
handsome doctor
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would think of coming here
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Do you know the bamboo house?
On the way to So-Jung li?
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What about it?
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I heard something
happened there
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The village was turned upside
down last year
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A stabbing!
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A woman killed her father-in-law
in broad daylight
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The son was such a nice man
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I'm telling you.
The wife ruined him completely
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She had some nerve
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being butt naked with her
lover in broad daylight!
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When the old man caught them
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she grabbed the sickle from him
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and Gives me chills
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just thinking about it
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Mommy!
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- Wasn't it fun today?
- Yeah, science class was best
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Mommy! This is Oh Mi-sook.
She sits left, right, up from me
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She takes the bus a long way
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Can we give her a ride?
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Where do you live?
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Seven stops on bus #2
My house is right there
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- Bye
- See ya
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- Take care, Mi-sook
- Bye
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You!
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I told you
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never to get
in a stranger's car!
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You brat! Go inside, now!
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Wow! She's scary
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No, she's not
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Greet her politely next time
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Okay
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Can I play
at Dong-wook's house?
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Okay, but be back
before dinner
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Yes
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- Did you have fun at his house?
- Uh-huh
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What are you doing?
Let's eat
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Daddy, I already ate
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Did you eat, Hon?
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Mommy's sick again
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- You said you ate, right?
- Ah-huh
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- Let's get ready for school tomorrow
- Okay
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Honey?
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Why are you crying?
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What's the matter now?
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These people can die doing that.
Why would they do it?
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- It's so stupid
- What?
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Maybe you should've died
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before she came over
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Then I might've died
along with you
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No, it would've been better
if I died first
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Then I wouldn't have found out.
That would've been nice
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I can't do it
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I can't go back
to the way we were
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But why am I here, in this house,
still sleeping next to you?
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Life, It feels so empty
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so boring that I'll go crazy
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Nothing's worth living for
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everything's a waste
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Just stop it!
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How many times
do I have to tell you?
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It was just an accident
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I apologized over and over!
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I gave up everything
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to be stuck here
running a tiny bookstore!
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For what? I dedicated my life
to you and Su-jin!
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Frankly speaking
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you always lay around
like a corpse
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but did I ever complain
about you?
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You're really something,
Mi-heun! Really something
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You're not going to sit here
wasting away your life, are you?
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The weather's too nice
for that
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Would you like some coffee?
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Su-jin, turn down the volume!
Mommy's head hurts
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Yes, Mommy
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Su-jin, let's go
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Kim Su-Jin, quickly
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- Where are we going?
- Mommy has to go into town
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Quick, go to Dong-wook's place
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Okay
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Let's go
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What's the problem?
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My head
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it hurts so much
I can't do anything
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Let me take a look
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Breathe
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All right
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That's fine
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- Does it hurt like this often?
- Yes
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Since when?
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Since last December 24th
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Were you hurt?
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Did a specialist look at it?
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Yes It's nothing serious
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- But your head still hurts?
- Yes
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Let's check your blood pressure
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I was treated by a neuro-psychiatrist.
They're vascular headaches
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Please just write the prescription.
It's Xanax and Diazepam
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Write it, please
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All right
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Let me just see your
health insurance card
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Lee Mi-heun?
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I'm Choi ln-kyu
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What do you do most of the time?
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Sleeping?
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Your head hurts because
you stay in sleeping
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I really have to get going
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Uh, yes, that's right
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You shouldn't take too much
Diazepam or Barium
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Thank you
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Ah, Mi-heun?
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Want to play a little game
with me?
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Having fun is the best
medicine for headaches
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For four months,
until summer's end
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let's pretend we're lovers
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We'll have fun together
and have sex
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Sound intriguing?
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But there's one rule
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lf one of us tells the other
''I love you'', then it's over
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We can never meet again
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So I'm not proposing
a relationship, just a game
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Why would anyone play
such a game?
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Life's full of changes
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I don't like being tied down
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Or, maybe it's because
I know I'll never lose
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And mostly,
because I find you attractive
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Do you play this game often?
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Not often, but once in awhile
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Why can't there be love?
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Confessions of love, marriage
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Typical steps before sex
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I hate it, it's like insurance
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I'm not a person
who can fall in love
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So how about it?
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You look bored, too
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I know you'll play it.
You have nothing else to do
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They have the best mushrooms
here. Let's get some
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Mushrooms, please
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Your mom's not out
waiting today
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Bye
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- See you tomorrow, Mi-sook
- Bye
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Mommy!
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Mommy!
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- Mommy!
- You bitch! Come here!
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- Mi-sook!
- Mommy!
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Come here, quickly
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Hold on
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You bitch! Come here!
You fucking bitch!
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Hey, get over here!
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Get back here!
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Shocked?
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He's my husband
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I met him working at a bar
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the first customer
I slept with
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He'd drink and then beat me
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Went in and out of jail
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No matter how far
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I try to run
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he somehow ends up
finding me
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Crazy, ain't it?
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Looks like it will rain
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It's the typhoon coming
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there's always one
around now
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Mi-heun?
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Hi, Mom
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I called
because of the typhoon
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Is your place okay?
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It's okay
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If you're fine,
then bye for now
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- Wait, Mom?
- What?
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- How's Dad?
- The same as always
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- I see
- Then, I'll see you soon. Bye
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Each time you played,
have you always won?
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There's no winner
in this game
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just a loser
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Have you ever lost?
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Only once
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to the woman who first
proposed it to me
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What happened then?
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I asked her to live with me
and to get a divorce
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Threats, stalking
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I turned worse than scum
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Who would play such a game?
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Bored women?
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Ruined women?
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There are women
who want to be ruined
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Like you
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Open your eyes
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Don't look at it
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No, yours is so beautiful
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What do we say now?
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Anything
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Anything you want
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How many kids do you have?
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Nothing like that
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Was I any good?
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You don't know how seductive
you really are
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So you looks so normal
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You're really fantastic
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I thought my whole body
would be sucked into you
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Does your wife know
about your lifestyle?
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As long as she doesn't
see it, she's okay with it
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She knew about this
before we married
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I've always been like this
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Even before I ran away
from Seoul
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Why did you leave Seoul?
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Why'd you spend 2 weeks
in the hospital for a head wound?
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That's not fair
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One advantage of
living up the hill
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- Tricky, aren't I?
- As much as me?
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You got me there
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Su-jin
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this is an internet joke, what's
soccer players' favourite drink?
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Penal-tea!
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What happened to my hair?
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No, it's pretty
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I'll brush it when we get home.
Don't worry
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it looks good
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- Hey, Doctor Choi
- Oh, hello
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- We should go fishing sometime, huh?
- Yes, I'll look at my schedule
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Bye
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Hello?
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Hello?
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- Who was that?
- No one, maybe they'll call again
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It's nice out,
wanna go for a hike?
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Why don't you go with Su-jin?
I don't like hiking
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I wanted to go as a family
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We've never gone out
since moving
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It's too late to hike
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It'll be lunchtime soon
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How about hot springs, then?
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I'm a bit stiff these days
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We can have sushi on the way back.
How about it?
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Mommy, hurry up
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Daddy!
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- The hot spa was good, huh?
- Yeah
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- Do you have some lotion on you?
- You didn't put any on?
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I didn't like the one they had
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Did you put some on Su-jin?
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By the way
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- Hon?
- Hmm?
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You know Prof Hwang?
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He asked me to try
writing again
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He thinks I have a lot of time
in a place like this
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I guess everyone's out
on Sunday
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Stop by the store,
let's get some drinks
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Honk! Honk! Big car coming.
Move away, please
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Mommy, let's get some ice cream
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- Do you want something?
- Anything's fine
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I'll wait here
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Is something wrong?
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Do you know how I got out?
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Over the window!
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Look at my feet!
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Is someone here?
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I don't like such dangerous acts
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- I couldn't keep our appointment
- That's no problem
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You came to say that,
this late?
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The light was on
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I'm leaving
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No one saw me
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Mi-heun, wait
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Our promises are
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like sea buoys
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They don't really mark anything
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Stop there or just float past them
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It doesn't make a difference
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Mi-heun
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Hey, Mi-heun
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Where'd you go?
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I was worried about you
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I went for a walk
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At this hour? In your pyjamas?
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Who cares?
No one's around to see me
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But when did you leave?
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When you went to the bathroom
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Are you crazy?
Weren't you scared?
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No I went to the lake
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What's wrong with you?
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You make me crazy
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Can we do it?
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Mi-heun?
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It's okay, isn't it?
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Here they go again
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What?
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The wife! She does this
every year
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She invites some outsiders
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has an outdoor party
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and keeps the village up
all night
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They say she runs a restaurant
in the city
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Probably just a pub
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Is there anyplace cool around?
It's so boring here
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- Shall we go to the beach?
- The beach?
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- Is it nearby?
- Of course, it's not far
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Wow, you came pretty far
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I love you
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Does this mean I lost?
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- The game's over?
- You mean it?
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Can't I?
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No. It's not that you can't
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I just said it
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for practice
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to remind myself of the rule
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If you only knew
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You don't know how hard
I'm trying not to lose this game
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Oh, it feels so good
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Darling?
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Wait, wait
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Darling?
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In-kyu
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Darling?
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They're looking for you
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In-kyu! In-kyu!
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Want to put in a pond
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and raise goldfish?
Su-jin will like it
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There's a place by my shop
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They'll give us a good deal
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Let's do it later
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No, it's best to do it now
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I've one more thing to say
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I want to write a novel again
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Hello?
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Yes, yes okay
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- Who was it?
- Wait
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What? Where are you going?
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Um Mi-sook's mom is sick
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- Who?
- You know, at the rest stop
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So why do you have to go?
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I'm the only one she knows
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- But this late at night?
- I'll call when I get there, okay?
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I parked at the post office
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Is something up?
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Not that I know of
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It's just, different
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Isn't it fun and thrilling?
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What'd you say to him?
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Why?
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Relax
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On my way home,
I realized I really needed you
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I didn't come to joke
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You've got to relax
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and take us less seriously
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Come here
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Where were you this
afternoon?
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This place was closed early
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I just went for a long drive
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Honking loudly and
speeding, I bet
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I'm going to my mom's
next week
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Can I try it?
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Want to meet me there?
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Can you meet me if I go?
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It's my sister's memorial day
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Let's meet at night
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The garlic is great there
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I don't make it often
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Take some home for your family
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Why didn't you bring Su-jin?
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I'm only here for the day
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Besides, she's busy these days
playing with friends
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Where's the brother In law?
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He has a new wife,
don't bother
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Hae-jin should get
close to her, too
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She's never seen your sister
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Shouldn't we go to the temple?
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The monks will pray for her
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And don't bother coming
next year
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We've left this to the monks.
No need for us to fuss anymore
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You want to go for a walk?
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Do we have to?
It's like downtown Seoul here
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Look, just go back
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Why'd you come?
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If you hadn't,
I wouldn't have waited
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Don't get angry
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Look at me
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I hate the way I am
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This is just crazy
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No need to drag this on.
Let's end it
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I'm not angry with you.
Stop it
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If you're tired of us,
just say it
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There isn't any commitment here
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It's not that I don't want it.
It's the complete opposite
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You don't really understand me
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We came way too far
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While coming here,
you know what I realized?
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What's that?
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I'm disgusted with how I am
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how I live, how others live
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I even thought of going back
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But after 4 hours
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I couldn't
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It'd be crazy for me to go back,
and there's nowhere I want to be
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It's the story of my life
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I'm not angry with you
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I know I'm bad
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I've never kept a promise
in my life
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When I get older,
I'll be just like my dad
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I ran away from the one I
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confessed love to go,
just like him
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I cut my hand so
I'd remember not to love again
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But here you are
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My nurse said rumours about
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us are all over the village
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Someone in the next town
even asked
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how the doc and his lover
were doing
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Let's spend the night
together anyway
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It'll be our first
full night together
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You could call it
our first night
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You men like first too much
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What if today wasn't the first
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but the last,
how would you spend it?
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Do the laundry
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Clean the fridge
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Go to the hairdresser's and say
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"Do whatever you want with it"
for the first time,
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put Su-jin's things in a box
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and write 2014,
so she can find it as an adult
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Go to Jinju to eat pizza
Write a letter to a friend
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Look at all my old report
cards and pictures
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Oh, and change my underwear
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And me?
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When will you meet me
on the last day?
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When will you meet me
on that day?
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From morning till night, all day
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All day Beginning to end
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I wouldn't let you go
for a moment
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Let's go
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You're right.
We came much too far
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The game's over
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Let's not meet any more
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Say that you love me
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I don't want to
play games anymore
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- Mommy
- Huh?
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I'm hot. Can I get out?
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What's all this?
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I put the store up for sale
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I'm running off to hide again
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So he can't find me
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Is something wrong?
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Why?
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You seem different
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Huh?
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I've heard about it
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They all know except
my husband
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When are you leaving?
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The next owner will be here
soon
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Keep in touch. I'll write
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My name's Eun-Yeon
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Na Eun-Yeon
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Don't say it
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No one's called me that
since I left home at 15
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I just wanted you to know
my name
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Hello?
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It's me. Where are the stop smoking
tapes that were in the car?
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I threw them out
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But they weren't yours!
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You knew I was trying to
quit smoking!
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You should've at least asked!
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- Wait! Someone's at the door
- Shit!
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- I'll call you back
- Hey! Mi-heun!
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- Who is it?
- Here to construct the pond
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- Pardon?
- Pond construction, ma'am
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Hey, mister! Sir?
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Hey, stop for a sec
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I'll take the kid out
for a while
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- Okay, but be back before lunch
- I will. Thank you
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No problem! Go on
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Bye, sweetie
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You bastard!
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Get on
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People are looking.
Get in now
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I have to go pick up Su-jin
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You go first and wait for me
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One big change in life is
more than enough for me
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If you and
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I live together
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we'll just end up repeating
the same mistakes
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Just like with your husband
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you'll end up lying to me
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And I'll meet another woman
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and be forced to lie to you
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That's absurd
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What do you know
about me and my husband?
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What's the big change?
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I can just eat you up
right now
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Like a man-eater
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I need you
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Don't go seeing anyone else yet
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A woman who makes me
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warm soup every morning
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And has my baby through her body
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Coming home at night
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and falling asleep in her arms
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It's no longer possible
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We both tried it before
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We both failed at
that sort of life
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What were you doing there?
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I'm talking to you!
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I went to the spa
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When did you arrive?
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An hour ago
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I was here for three hours!
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I went home early
but no one was home!
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The workers were mad
about missing lunch!
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I looked for you
and Su-jin everywhere!
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I found your car here,
so I waited
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I asked if anyone saw you
or Su-jin inside the spa
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They said no!!
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I waited since then.
It's six now!
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Where's Su-jin?
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You know there's nothing
but a motel through there!
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Where is she?
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Playing at a friend's house
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Explain yourself
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Is it true what everyone says?
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Let go
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Get off, now!
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Get out!
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Now, explain! I'm listening!
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You think I'm sacrificing my life
to live in this hell-hole
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so that you can fuck some doctor?
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I have nothing to say
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- Let's end it
- What?
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I want a divorce
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You think I'm crazy enough to
give you what you want?
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God forbid!
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I'm gonna make sure you
pay for this!
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- When did it start?
- As soon as we moved here
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Where do you think you're going?
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Stop right there!
You can't go! Fuck!
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Hey, miss, is something wrong?
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Are you okay?
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Are you sure?
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How'd this happen?
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You're unreal
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A jerk who seduces crazy women
in the country with bad games
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Let's go to the hospital
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I can't go into town
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Let's just stay here, together
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People believe that only the good
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can fall in love forever
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But the people who love
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intensely are the bad ones
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Immoral, weak,
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selfish people
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the poor, dark souls
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I don't have a picture
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No picture of Su-jin!
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What am I going to do?
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It's at the house
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What if I forget her face?
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What am I going to do?
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What am I going to do?
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What if I forget her face?
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What are we going to do?
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I love you
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What shitty luck
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Let it go
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Right, it's nothing
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Where are we going?
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I'm scared of your driving
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You and I have no place to go
and no place to stay
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Let's just go anywhere
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But you know, we won't work
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Are you okay?
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Here
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Yes, I'm fine
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Deserted by family and friends,
I walked out of the hospital alone
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And someone was kind enough
to tell me of his death
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I left home
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And a year has gone by
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When the sun rose,
I got up to work on a day to day job
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When I got hungry,
I filled up on cheap food
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At night I returned to my one room
home and fell asleep, alone
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Sometimes, memories would
crowd in and stab my heart
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Often times I'd wake up at
night and cry like a mad woman
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But I believe
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I'm more alive now
than I ever was in the past
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It's like I'm walking toward
a world tossed by wind
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Vitality starts with misery
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My sadness reminds
me that I'm alive
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That one dazzling moment
in my life
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The all too short summer,
that year
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I didn't have the chance
to say I loved him
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Even now, I remember
I can hear his final laugh
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Are you ready?
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Ah yes
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Okay, let's take your picture now
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Tilt your head a little
to the right, and turn
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That's great
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Can you put the bag
down from the chair?
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Great
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Is today a special occasion?
Taking a photo by yourself
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No, I just have no picture
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Director BYUN Young-joo