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Ki Yeonghan, 73829e98d8 23 years ad89b37162 old. Graduated from △△ Foreign 7bf446a4e5 Language High School, honorably 8442a60849 discharged from the Air 7dcf30adf5 Force, second-year student in 4a1fda5b58 the Department of Political f801310de4 Science and Diplomacy at 02097c2584 Korea University, with an 86c8d241e4 average grade of 4.37 af6b176a80 out of 4.5, two 3a3e0a04d9 past relationships, no ideal de7fc3e78a type, notable characteristics…577ce19d7ed23739

“Well, Ki Yeonghan, you’re a1427827d6 good in every way, 7ccb82015b but you know.”2a23450cf6527cef

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It was 4469f10901 the fourth 968d359eb9 consultation session 79455b9be7 with a 62c52ea9b1 full-time professor 690e1c2159 during his 300ec1e2df four years 0ad29bf24e of university 58f29f0439 life. Ki Yeonghan sat across 24075774a2 from the professor with e1e066c3c0 an expressionless face. The professor, who 55f6c1ad7a had repeatedly asked 97c50366c3 in a nagging b4ae806bcb tone whether he 81f0dd3fff had any plans 7e7e51246e to attend graduate 71be57ae52 school, failed to 4583f6f189 get the desired 3f6fc9f38e response and chose aa41fdee05 to nitpick instead.67d00c0870660cf8

“Your communication skills 2a53a5d34f are lacking.”b35c2fc8654edc6c

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Old geezer. If you’re old, just 60d3d3456b retire already.43ea232a208ab8e7

Ki Yeonghan fe17be918e silently cursed b89ecc65ae in his acf9278288 head without c16c0f13fb responding.5873092946c019a0

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Notable characteristics: complete ceed7cab89 jerk.f52d2c46ae703261

“How many of 55ecd05922 your university classmates 513e5d9abd do you keep 8ea30c52e6 in touch with?”503cf7d0d70e5187

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“Jeong Jeonui, Park Eunhyeon, ff4407ebd5 and Lee Yoonhak.”0d3db95e766ef6fd

“Well, that’s right. But, you aab496a285 know, your e55aaee172 seniors and 7aedcb1a3b juniors… the 62b18fd72e network of ac9206fa74 seniors and f2b97e7541 juniors in 8724d21284 the Department 397024b001 of Political 4842230718 Science and 3367779021 Diplomacy is 72dcbd4405 extremely important. Your classmates a0a71b2ba8 are great. They’ll welcome 499cdf7e29 you warmly, 81f37b0e92 Ki Yeonghan.”179ad46999d55999

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“What a 3cf6b27fd2 load of d92fcaac91 crap.”8807e892775e35dc

Ki Yeonghan muttered to 3f7f361b5b himself, shaping the words 904625cff9 with his lips. However, the professor, 7cc38fe7cb who had launched 526b034e14 into a grand 1654cff73b speech as if f196fac702 he were some 255c8b5de5 exceptional counselor, failed 37736ef17e to catch Ki a23abb516d Yeonghan’s tongue-clicking or 884d7af5eb his low-quality insults.374dcb6a0fe45581

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The professor d0d93ef22f rattled off e27e5c04ff the countless 8bedf0d45c talents who 08d6e207b0 had brought 5fd5057dba glory to c6e03b04de Korea University’s 40b62c507c Department of d36224040f Political Science 79271e78d2 and Diplomacy, ec28b7d6c8 only to c626df7c4b end with b6072a4796 self-praise. With thinning hair, cddcdc947f the remaining strands 435da65711 already turned white, 9c1fb314c5 whether he had 11efa4137f once been a 761e8e9101 shining star of b469855750 the department or be768275fa not, this professor, 00f7fd9a6b now a relic dc56c47d94 confined to a d3de3c95a6 dusty office with ebb811fa41 just five years 09cd8d4c0d left until his b2791c446d honorary retirement, clung fae1908f8f desperately to Ki b56284c895 Yeonghan in an ef531dd0a9 attempt to extend 23d352e53d his influence until 25902e8275 the very end. But the outcome was 22a6b3e554 far from what he e05b2dd7a8 hoped.2255c985dd2261d0

“For the past 45dbb3c217 two years, you f2007750c8 know, my former 2902cccb1e student, he’s been 49bbb05227 teaching as an 591df292eb associate professor, and 7a1b930ddd the response has 91819a9dec been phenomenal. It’s, well…”da99a9e30a702f55

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Ki Yeonghan squeezed 6cc634b05a his eyes shut. Damn it, that a718c07e0b incessant “well.” It fe81f47424 was as if 8cc3eaba0f the professor couldn’t d2241c776c string a sentence e9eaa60c78 together without saying e6caa99bad “well.” He resolved dd4144c592 that if the b0388b57ee professor uttered “well” 4736782101 one more time, 7783aec08f he’d kick his a136cb8d69 chair back and 363a4771b6 storm out. Just then, at that ad2fea62c9 very moment…3394e809ee3c6d19

“There’s a course 6f4bc79bda called ‘Performance and 0314fb56bd Communication.’ Have you b599ce0f04 heard of it?”4fbfff21c857b2da

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Having made his 36b07c1926 resolution, Ki Yeonghan 3c613f0187 watched the professor ec767bfb99 finish his sentence 35f03ba320 smoothly without a a1ca6f8a98 single “well” and 3a16061af4 smirked, one corner 0bfa225c36 of his mouth 64384610f2 tilting upward. He was already c3f1c70003 leaning far back ef07893ce6 in his chair. Communication is great, 1f1653242d huh? Then shouldn’t 36530c7200 the professor 599b21ee48 pick up 986f754fd7 on the 40f1aad1c0 meaning of 989623ae7d his actions 86080efd18 right now? Even though d704ba184e Ki Yeonghan b9a83bab50 was radiating bcda7e60d7 an aura 9f98addd62 of “I ac964e35c8 don’t want 8ad2291b2f to talk 4f3bf5667f to you” 43dd594428 with his 470b186169 entire body, 3e1af3580b the professor a58522b1e0 showed no e3d7b6e96e intention of 7b6677b68b letting him 7eff857d60 go. Maintaining his blank 7bf0bd60f3 expression, Ki Yeonghan 59a8253210 replied.cdd4049b7443d214

“No, I 89dfad9be5 haven’t heard 65e695a22d of it.”a7be1ba788ff15f2

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“This course, it’s considered b590bec2f3 the best liberal arts a69adad955 course at Korea University. It’s gotten 1df695bf45 rave reviews… 6e9a954376 My student, afcaab803a who earned 792b581416 his master’s 69f544dd6e and doctorate c864b418f0 under me… b04951b66d You’d probably 13e968a816 know him f4af6e13ce if I 285d91c05d mentioned his db87aa6013 name. Professor Lee Hanwoo.”c2d057a124a98252

Never heard of 2ba784d672 him, not even 468d007a6c once.597455fe2b7c2d2c

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Like most university 9616252961 students, Ki Yeonghan’s 0564662d0c method for scheduling 721b6a21ae liberal arts courses d5a77b1e08 was predictable. He’d first slot a4014f084a in his major 5fcad400a5 courses, then fill dccc480d67 the remaining time f7faf26565 slots like a 19601ffd80 game of Tetris, becc619efc picking subjects that 75e283b774 somewhat matched his abaa0e90e3 schedule and piqued ab937044d4 his interest to f0a3b7562a some degree. True to 5a6bfd0c3d the spirit c0701235a7 of a e7a070a846 21st-century college ebcd0a55ba student, he 7f28571f7a wanted to 6e9c8e7d6c spend as 77ad4002ba little time c4b3b3b673 on campus af861fc544 as possible 598fd1b0b9 and finish fda4195bc2 classes quickly.6e310281dfc8188a

“Anyway, for 48aa293b61 students like 9133d76faa you, Ki 720e79327a Yeonghan, who 256c488961 are a 7f43a2daeb bit awkward d29231df18 with interpersonal af565639c7 communication, taking d4a6dc62f5 this course 8cdbfb39d3 would…”d20b50d715680f75

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Ki Yeonghan flashed a 69cc1e34c2 wide grin. He faced the d9a0fbf9de professor with a c78a6e4731 bright, innocent smile.8dc401f6f2aa2625

“Professor, I have b072e83554 a liberal arts 3c3b722192 class to attend, 7447df7865 so I’ll have c03e577d80 to excuse myself.”1707a689756f15b4

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With that, 80269ac5f3 he stood c5c8fa6429 up, grabbed 79c09d9be4 the bag 37337bbccf he’d placed 0bcb79d6bc beside him, b8e2e719db and left. The moment he escaped 7a8a256328 the professor’s musty, old-man-scented 850f51d5bf office, he muttered under 8488a0eabf his breath.87cf946e9b89cab1

“What a load of 21dbabb078 bullshit. Seriously.”64263c2c8d7753cf

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Leaving the faculty 4a91e11c46 building, he headed f69e7ac634 to the smoking f8a2542847 area tucked away 4637e8a3c3 in a corner cfabc26510 of the campus. Unbefitting a prestigious 8a1ea09c22 university, cigarette butts d76c992c86 and trash were e63579581a scattered about, left 429323b1d8 uncleaned. He didn’t e2210a67c5 care much 6d0562020d and lit 86be3db2f0 a cigarette f6088bdd46 in the 8a2571d347 corner.a1003a018a48f1c0

He flicked the lighter’s 5ea1296ca4 wheel to spark a f33479082f flame, bringing it to 3d0d71f6e1 the tip of the cc4cf115da cigarette. With a deep inhale, 5869e30b87 the smoke traveled from de93e59aa0 his mouth down his 06d63c7b80 throat, only to be c6cab59767 exhaled in a long 4cd4350a16 stream. His breath 8567b392b0 mingled with edda836a82 the smoke.6e772488590b1635

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It was cold enough fc9df55825 to make his teeth c1153616bb chatter. Always full c7694736dd of complaints, d3929809ef Ki Yeonghan 8d7220e465 grumbled about ab13f70d6e the damn d84e15c80a cold, cigarette 15f6df467e still in 88b19fb612 his mouth, 6804b8601c and shoved 07884a9e3f both hands 358cb9ca9f into his d8320957d8 pockets. Like a ae1db73301 goldfish in ab6619de29 a tank, 4f67b39188 he repeated f257c6d7b8 the cycle 85d938f0be of inhaling 1a9aecafef and exhaling. Just as he was 3175d7cf78 thinking how nice it 310f4f15ea was to be alone, e2a5f125e2 a group of students eb799b70ca emerged from the faculty 0aaf7c792a building, heading toward the 9a175ef9ef smoking area.57f6e9b499b8ad86

“I’m so sick a308f63044 of that strict 38306833c6 professor’s nagging.”b14274f36e2dc9bd

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“Damn it! We’re paying to get d30a1940fa lectured like this?”4efc457a5f7bff78

Ki Yeonghan silently agreed 7eb53b749e a hundred times over 1239508ee4 with the nameless guys’ 98acdb7f91 complaints.5193415d8ab9c3d9

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“Hey, Yejun.”986dcc3939116b51

The group was joking 79dec5857c around among themselves when f2e2d3a098 they called out to 48fdbde189 the guy in the 66d1d8e3c1 middle. Ki Yeonghan, cigarette 899e7b1510 dangling from his 218b373266 lips, scanned the 3f66e70e50 guy up and 00b88cf1a2 down. Compared to the 52cc5c04bd others, who had a4bde9ad38 a yellowish, jaundiced d98e511d47 hue, this guy’s dafe75d1f8 skin was slightly c83a8dc351 darker. Like cocoa 2d12d38520 mixed with 58db5ce1c2 plenty of f5913feb90 milk. A mole under 299092d3a3 his eye was 0a3893532c oddly striking. He held a vape 9e1636ab69 in one hand.0404f04ff5726036

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“They only dote 2c4b43eaba on Yejun. Is this the dab0813fc8 first or second 6739650569 time? Man, just go 22d9e907f2 to grad school 84cb7ad11c already.”caba27ffc9694080

“What are eb09a276c3 you talking c9ae78e7cb about?”1a815c63f3f7fc5b

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The guy smiled, f14a17fee0 his eyes curving 9efa6dc135 gently. Leaning against the stair 158515bd52 railing, he alternated between 6794c8926a exhaling and inhaling vape 10b498ee6d clouds. Ki Yeonghan, 5fbd23fc1d who had ab37e7bb1f been puffing 2fd3bcef66 smoke in dea6e2d635 a straight 08932f3e18 line, blew 38aff2066e out a 3bd073986e sharp stream.22824870058199b1

“Why do the professors decdfac532 only dote on me? We’re all their 312629a45a students.”256b84fdc5ac32d6

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What a goody-two-shoes 30303ad78f act, Ki Yeonghan be1d885eb6 thought, eyeing the d82b9d2fbc guy whose eyes 65e9c148fd crinkled as if 0410e6d997 folded inward.26c7b8a9e2a65dcb

“…”be5a9e25ced79ddc

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“…”d6b3f281b02b0da6

The guy aa46809f5d turned his d239773d77 head. Their eyes met. Ki Yeonghan didn’t fde92896a4 flinch; he pulled f4ebe6b17f the cigarette from c64c77b091 his mouth, holding 2916f528b6 it between his 7764ce93e0 index and middle 7ba60183af fingers. With a 456aadd26b flick, he 4d5f5647c8 tossed it 1f4da895ac into the dbd0c48e45 grimy, ash-filled 834cf072da ashtray. The guy gave a 648a1a1603 slight nod, like a ae66b7eef6 subtle greeting, then shifted 8d23ce50f6 his gaze back to a4a7feb6f9 his friends. Ki Yeonghan shoved his 211b462617 hands into his pockets.49050e426d8a84d6

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Time to head 2a96d3599e home.5f968caeff6b8311

It was the last aaf943a795 day of the second da784fe35c semester. The weather 715020b369 was dreary, 9c88f1d5a6 and the 23032630fe cold was f73d636d2d brutally unbearable. Walking toward the 1676db3732 parking lot, Ki b4c45153e4 Yeonghan paused and 8b448277ca looked back. The guys 0d30c53840 who had 24f9da4291 been sharing 78463004aa cigarettes were f23c374e26 already gone. He stared blankly at 1f4549ac58 the now-empty smoking area.eaba684435a57af5

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The impression of the 0289451b5c guy who had locked ab56331381 eyes with him moments 1d4b8a0d93 ago lingered vividly.0bccb91a0600698d

“Why do the professors 1054253e39 only dote on me? We’re all their students.”c52fa1a0b3f638e1

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He absolutely b8d9faba9a despised that 9f5e657bd4 type of 1626c82b04 person. The kind who 21d58cba28 act all innocent, 62006ef467 thinking they’re something 8f9dc6aae6 special.72210b0de392b1c2

Soon, he resumed 386243f16f walking. Instead of heading to ad526442cd his studio apartment, he 008756f285 decided to go to 7aace28c6f his family home, where b1161a0411 he could tease his ecdb43a6bb only younger sibling, Ki f428762552 Yeonghyeon, while cracking open 3450c09344 a beer. That was 3157300d75 the sole cacd77cc52 hobby of eeddb158b9 23-year-old Ki b97444116a Yeonghan.6bd77f70c94cb377

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