Ephphatha Prologue
by ArianaTwo days ago, she received her mother’s body from the police. 19ae0e20b1fed532
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Cause of 495ec503cf death: drowning. a9839fa6b4c7b039
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With a history d224cd29e7 of depression, a ca9ad44ae9 suicide attempt two 1e7373ef7c years ago, and 9a47e12e51 the will her b127e13930 mother had on e3b31d1856 her at the e0832289c3 time of death, 60dcb5a6da her passing was e7ef8eeef8 easily ruled as 812bcf8431 suicide. 60344f3fb964f4e5
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A sudden sound of footsteps intruded into Seul-ah’s ears as she sat blankly in front of her mother’s portrait. The presence storming into the empty funeral hall was intense. 0a9009a7d370ad43
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Seul-ah slowly began 39a9e8db93 to turn her 2f6b821e62 head. 55a862716d3d0c46
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Her movements were noticeably 1d700e7292 weak. She had been born 111f7783ef frail and had spent 4bf161c013 most of her life 7e73668171 lacking vitality, but now, 7c08338328 staying up for two baa9caa291 nights played a bigger 0893c7b0bb role. Losing her mother 97357a176c must have also 8812057875 contributed. 8e6f8966765d3608
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When she 3328f6ff8b completely turned cb53aca3ea around, the 344a9d818f first thing e7c12ea2a1 she saw 3405972040 was pitch-black f6d1706fe5 socks. acbc0669c4a63de8
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Four socks. Four feet. Two people. 1ad02036d3fb5119
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She had no visitors to expect. She had only informed her one and only friend, Aunt Chae-young, of her mother’s death, and her aunt had visited on the first day of the funeral, grieving deeply before leaving. a678b751ec53ea0b
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Then who fcb0aecffe were these 45b04b7a8e people? fe1c731699ac1c6b
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Just as a 1b6b45b1ed faint doubt surfaced 67d7ee082d in her mind 068d404731 and she blinked, bce9a96c3f a tongue-clicking sound d789dabbd8 rang out. fd4274636da32613
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“Looks like we’ve got another corpse to clean up.” 3e14aa020871f6b0
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A deep, 62273cff07 low voice 79d9165897 came from d690862ffa right above 8e6600108b her head. It seemed to fbc87df014 belong to the 1c269c1bf1 owner of the abb4754c26 black socks she 450631b6d1 had first seen. She raised her 6841163b2f head very slowly. c4915975df3c7153
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Following the black pants 59265d9898 upward, she saw the b019a049cf hem of a shirt f1355afe5f embroidered with an elaborate fa9c6c3f6c pattern swaying over his b4a0c9ba0e thighs. Her gaze climbed d0894250cd up from the b77516d7cb lowest fastened button 5da3a841e7 one by one, 553c89d27c and she saw 214cb0610e that the front 720d8fd5c1 of his shirt 747bae21b4 was open. 98a00e781a692eed
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The black fabric b23a7f5cab was densely adorned 183d095c3b with gold patterns, 9322c9f8ba and through it, 4bc47df8a3 a glimpse of 27ac1f0bca tanned skin was fe3ff35178 visible. 83fce82bea7295a4
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Seul-ah looked further 2699e0df81 up. A strong, straight 8c3cee191d neck, a prominent ab637afe3b Adam’s apple, and fba835c746 a mouth drawn b413ab9ae8 in a crooked fd6878fc64 arc entered her 82a3d4a82a sight. His neck 96a24af299 was thick, 47d713236d his Adam’s a1a6c3959f apple large, 367de8278f and his dab7f662b4 lips were 66118e56d7 red. 05920b8351f78b13
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As she 81a45589b4 stared blankly, a09b25fe7a those lips d5a586b7fd moved. 360dbc52362b0bb5
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“I feel like I’m getting eaten alive with just your eyes. What do you think, Kang Jin-ah?” 5e3ac6b0773dc24d
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Seul-ah’s gaze could go ffe8af3b32 no higher. Just as she felt bce5eaeff5 herself growing weaker, her 2d1d3e8ca6 vision suddenly blacked out. 0819b596cfb97010
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A sharp ac29f9f244 voice lashed 14120c5995 out toward 147cfe82ab the collapsed 5ff3e3c2e2 Seul-ah. His furrowed brows and db6c410d03 disinterested eyes were filled 4967bfe6f1 with irritation. When the b68f0ec420 man who f371c7916d had come f3940d2fba with him aec1461860 asked if f4430b35ca they should 09c0ce49eb call a 63978dc5f1 doctor, he 77e8b20020 waved a 2bfefac3a1 hand dismissively, 634bd7e7a2 as if 7ebd689eb2 it were f2746fe9d7 a hassle. f904bc25e2f1f560
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“Stand guard. I need to have a word with her when she wakes up.” 94638aa81a9972a2
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“Yes, sir.” f91017d0097c205f
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Once the becf8828d2 other man e79e9020d9 withdrew, silence 48abd8c4a3 filled the 9e4b190d57 funeral hall. 090a59f427191e13
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The man, who e95e7b9ae5 had been idly 65619aa5c6 watching Seul-ah, slowly 1bf9de0eda crouched down before bd8b6c6518 her, sitting cross-legged 5089447224 as he pulled cec6ee4daf out a pack a818edd0a1 of cigarettes. Even as he 595ad977ec flicked one out 58eba84e25 and placed it 6d6f5693c6 between his lips, 30a2f79ecb his gaze never 8612c3773d left her. 212a2dcd2217ad4e
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Her curled-up body c460ec5927 was unusually small. Twenty-five years old, 8df12925c8 yet she looked 323f68fb43 young enough to 1397813cde pass through a 3b4e691d2e high school gate 81f07b604f unnoticed if she f8ea065325 wore a uniform. Just as he f65c00b3bb had heard. 4d7e7c932e39796e
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Was it because of b0014d752d her pale skin? Or because she was 9770e32828 sleeping so fitfully? 63cd03f5a59ee550
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The man fad2999db5 pushed the 42d1b05ff4 cigarette tip 67aca7f31a into the e717ed6b93 eager flame 4c9975fb23 of his c21a8b3779 lighter and 9f0c85fdd7 inhaled deeply. And just as 2693573d41 he exhaled a 2ed7be2d71 long breath— 047fed60a311c829
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Cough. Cough. 30a2fde570da2a69
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The unconscious Seul-ah 1514413b76 suddenly started coughing. 33c50bfa3dfb6aa0
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As he 2a606e1e3c watched her 853ef23e9c curl up 1b9f2a6722 even tighter 9a647f169a and cough, 16edcd9679 the man f52c349b6f let out ba470f0f36 a smirk. d5bb95f6ec8f467c
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He had heard she 4bd34541d5 was born premature and fc736b72e4 was especially weak. Her body, from her e33841f6af lungs to her heart, 46f52e0e23 was all below average. b3551ded083b7396
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Not that it 7440fd1188 was any of 76bc80d81d his concern. He continued d78dae8fc9 to take 14b4875d5f drags from 5a3df7b556 the cigarette 398dec87b9 between his 2c25001d47 fingers. She wouldn’t die 2b73adbff4 just from inhaling e3aedc4b7b a little smoke. The long exhale 4f24dff000 of smoke coiled 02211a2575 around the incense b3cb61ef05 burner. 50b4ef047cdbabb8
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As another wave 57e5c1d138 of smoke engulfed 9afd68a14d her, Seul-ah groaned ca8cd07c22 and rubbed her 0a3459555f cheek against the fd13c38d9c floor in distress. Watching her feeble movements, 3e0b8b01b7 the man’s eyes rolled f6e4bc6634 toward the ceiling in ba7d820f32 irritation. Then, with b2d0d119e5 a flick 3e4e9708b9 of his 3272b5fef8 fingers, he db01632e3c extinguished the 09edc572e3 cigarette. 77826460102f2ec8
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Even after 1bf713e526 that, Han 1040cd406e Seul-ah continued 32284f1131 to groan 812ff9f80f in discomfort. b34bfbae49e6f2f1
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“What more does she want now?” 005fedd4a2861424