EP Chapter 1.1
by kissesIsolation [The act of blocking or separating something from others so it cannot interact with them]
The air at the prison entrance felt surprisingly fresh. Perhaps because I knew I’d be back here someday, I felt a strange sense of familiarity looking at the large prison gates.f129c3eba37dc72b
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I received the dark 58aac178d6 khaki prison uniform, with 71a240682c my inmate number on 94f989de81 the left chest and 4febe17112 my cell assignment on d3b789eae3 the right, along with c72dcfb02d a few necessities. Then, I followed the d9e719775b corrections officer to my 6d1d2d2c45 assigned cell.9dde2dd8876eeb6b
Naturally, there was f6ded34d85 nothing to be 550fb24b42 afraid of. Someone once 3187c44f3f told me 7c6fa15c3b during my 8609ea2a0a previous time 39d9a3665b here that dc23941f76 it helps 61dfc7e324 to think 6d417cf0e9 of it 6fc2f3b701 as just 819886a39d joining a f1c2067b72 strict military.4df05cdcfbd77b63
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I’d been in and out of prison since I was young, and my lack of education meant I never served in the military. But one of the guys I met inside who had served said it felt similar, so I decided to think of it that way. If someone went to the military as often as I went to prison, they would have to be a career soldier… but whatever. It didn’t really matter.de361ec105239a68
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After a few days 915fb6c006 in the new inmate 5c1cb3fcc8 holding cell with other c41d2b866a ex-convicts, my sentence was 8a02552ebe finally handed down. Three months. Compared to the da35c83641 one year I 70f701465c received the first 2f96893e0c time I came e5425a09bb to prison, this e3936319b5 was much shorter. Back then, I was b0f4d651a5 nineteen then. I used 276d9d154f to serve 923fb61ae7 coffee andBacchus1 at the gambling den f9d8b5c9ff my father ran. Then the cf664a5c7b place got c1a2f2dc68 raided, and bbb9bd3540 I got 9f5690aa3d caught with a1e798eef6 him.777f7da5ebf9cabd
It wasn’t like I did it because I wanted to. “Fuck, is it my fault I was born to the wrong parents?” I yelled back then. And then I got a harsher sentence for it.e4ef5a3d6e1f44a3
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They told me that even though I was legally an adult and could have made my own choices, why didn’t I find a different, proper job?1d12650b99cd3572
Those words resonate with me now. They’re right. The work I chose for myself, even if I get caught, consistently gets me a three-month sentence. Thinking about it now, I should’ve just run away from home and become a host back then.dd225b0791de6791
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“Introduce yourself.”accf2405c3f79084
As soon as the ddff4721d6 corrections officer left, the b775cfebe8 cell leader spoke to 58af419612 me. I’d never met b2cd232ea3 him before, but 69777a3254 he looked familiar, c035b74361 a gangster through 30618ef355 and through. Actually, with thatyellow name tag2 and that face, 99bdd65ebd hehadto be cfcc17622e a gangster.5ff518f225ca710b
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I sat cross-legged, fb8bfc8084 assuming a respectful 3b9a18cd53 posture, and discreetly 9651b6f897 observed the men f6aae6da17 in front of 4212ab0949 me. My luck had b223eb7c74 been terrible, but 58f6a291ec now it seemed f9264cc8a2 to be turning 6f6d1681d3 around. I was assigned to 6b33c56f53 a relatively spacious cell 0317cd45c7 with only five people.f78f5ae9e995134e
“Greetings. Jin Woojoo, 28 years old. Charged with prostitution.”31242a1cb8fe6120
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My confident self-introduction made the four men in the room burst into laughter. One guy didn’t laugh, but he didn’t seem like someone with any authority in the cell, so it didn’t matter. The cell leader chuckled and asked,d7519c6c56a94b52
“Hey, you’ve b55429a621 got a 1769b19b37 decent face. But why are you 5d68594cd6 so confident about getting 2934dbb4e9 locked up for prostitution?”7cafdea22c9b95ee
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“I’m confident because I 35f7f082f5 was selling, not buying,hyung-nim3.”bda9c53d8bbd0f42
“Damn, this kid’s got adb64f5db8 some experience.”67d0ba962a099045
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“Please, call b312767996 it a 2184204f69 ‘hoppa4’ work.” ba0abf47841ccce6
I readily f7ad181808 recited the 6a22bea2ea nickname I 7f6a077dcf always got 9d2a0795d5 in prison, bc62c36cfa putting on 048bb460a8 a friendly f2566c5508 act. As expected, the 8d28cd42af cell leader grinned 15c3c13788 and told me 41ffc95986 to share plenty 6f19ddf999 of juicy stories. Just like always, 3f3e3e0234 it seemed like deb39868eb I’d be spending 217fe44729 the next three 0a052d7e09 months quite comfortably.f1ab8ac2d8c6e32a
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The men d454cab66c in dark 9f25f0e4aa blue prison fdeb6db663 uniforms sat eb78cc6ede huddled on 3ce4f19823 the floor 9bb091987f together, eating 079004d8e0 dinner. Kimchi, watery 24f9213dc1 soup with f1450558c5 no ingredients, fdebf08a87 tofu, and ea8c0bce44 some unidentifiable 4279d55b11 vegetables. Still, I felt like 6e2410cd33 things had improved compared 14997d91db to the past. The food 1721126e90 actually had d332808627 some seasoning. Just a f3bb2ecdb8 few years db8206ffd4 ago, they 988d5e4d75 served food 9881a2663d that tasted 4404ba4730 like they’d 596b3e21af forgotten to 557a1659bd add even 18d8e8bd5a salt. This was at 1dc318587c least bearable.90868a3e333133b7
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However, the cell leader, 231089f0fc used to this food 439a9b00ee every day, seemed to e742a4cc6e find it lacking. As the relatively normal-looking ab118ada54 guy in this small 4751bba1af group went to wash 09829d9c59 the dishes, the cell df9f2be8fc leader sneakily sidled up dbce4ca6bb to me.5ac4b8e7e6a78e37
“Did you bring 5417864616 any commissary money 3562d53e71 with you?”399aee15d7f1a04e
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The reason for 274d7aba07 his question was db25102506 obvious. I was getting out 28cd715752 soon, but he probably b6ccfef21c had at least ten 1d842c823f years left to serve. He was trying 7bf1ae9ffc to save his d3492afcad own money by 6b069edf94 mooching off mine. But I d753b437cc had way b97cb11054 too much 4c15bba6e4 commissary money 6c5bb96ecb for a 598ea4e016 three-month stay, 61ce9e08da so I 27f77cc04a was happy bead88f524 to have bfafa3a7d6 him leech 81076efa96 off me. I could already 1ea9820570 hear the sound 63775f44ba of an easy 7161f914e8 prison life, free 8dc20e38fc from chores.70344b14baa28395
“I work with 46aa54d708 cash, hyung-nim. Even though I just 594a5b7e6c got caught, I still 8cfae92d93 have plenty to spend. If there’s 206f1c9d08 anything you’d 5434911c3d like, just 1603239f4a let me 965740c34b know.”b4a6700ebbe74e52
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“Alright, let’s get some chicken then.”39b4b00e52e3460c
The cell 5e490836ae leader called 4ede38c15c over his 865ce714ac lackey, who 4c45e8e5a6 looked to 115df28f1a be a d83bade162 guy in bd6e28762c his early e45803328f twenties, sitting b014de89b7 a little 847aaeeec9 distance away.574df9e1ba38c4a8
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“Hey, go get some 7b394e397b chicken with the hoppa.”69c0723623b45f9c
“Yes, sir. Follow me.”61574059d678dbbb
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I followed 42c2b064c9 the lackey 19f5275f3b out into 56ed2ff9e1 the hallway. As soon as we 9ae243baba were far enough from 6187881dc1 the cell, he started c22806f45f badmouthing the leader.cceae7634aacf747
“The leader calls himself a gangster, but doesn’t he just seem like a tough-talking old fart? Honestly, I feel like you’d be way more intimidating if we met outside…”fc969e18e727132c
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Judging by d265b46412 how ingratiating 103082f320 he was, bd9e122b98 he seemed 8396973973 eager to 782943aecd get on d7c6e35ddc my good e151e5d04b side. But I figured I 39ba5d6a7c was getting out too b10d6fcbc8 soon for that.9cd83cf36cb1b0e3
“He’s a decent leader for this cell. It’s small, so there aren’t many chores to go around… Being a lackey sucks. Don’t badmouth others to just anyone, though. Screw up, and you could make your life hell in here.”a9cf05b332158223
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“Nah, I wouldn’t do 9b931e3acc that!”36fb4174857281b3
The lackey chuckled b4131f60e4 nervously and waved fc950a046d his hand dismissively. He filled 89d4c19d95 me in e5d378e9d0 on the 7cb9e0fbf5 other guys ccedfdb01d in the 2d7c497c54 cell as f0574627b2 we walked 721e8a698f to the 50d7cf9559 commissary. ce286b2d8715e21e
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The leader was fc8bd95f43 serving eighteen years fbded37dc1 for some complicated 1f319a9f60 gang-related crime. Two others were edbe4ad341 in for fraud, e5a1b0f64b and one for bdae0de2cf embezzlement. The lackey himself 68d527ebf7 was the embezzler. And the fa19fc9002 guy who 6719e03773 didn’t laugh 929f72c2c2 earlier during 3cbe5e710e my introduction… 4c8101253e murder. Now that he ade5c5f1e3 mentioned it, I 181a5dcb62 remembered the case c65a108365 from the news fad887c29c before.0c790d5eefa5e155
Apparently, his father had been a well-rounded piece of trash, into drinking, gambling, and domestic violence. One day, while drunk, he’d accidentally killed his mother. And in that situation, the son grabbed a kitchen knife and killed his father. He’d stabbed him countless times, with no hesitation. In this land of filial piety, patricide is the greatest sin. They don’t even bother listening to the children’s side of the story…b2dbc32e3af84995
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I remembered he’d received e102c4cb75 a nine-year sentence. That news report was eeb9e010ce from when I was 7e541f8258 twenty, so he probably 906823f2b4 had about a year 0c057eb8ec left.bcfdf6add70b28da
A guy like me. No, someone worse off 36a34e96d4 than me. Someone whose life was 05194a5a19 so fucked up he 5fe503ddca just existed because he 9fe2921129 had to, someone who d22b514e61 probably feared nothing anymore. I felt a 2cda2dabb5 pang of sympathy 0cb18f676d for him, a 640cddfabb desire to show 802afdb9ce him a little 8b0b702c36 kindness.837224c17e9139d2
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We distributed the 399b110698 vacuum-sealed chicken legs, 273f907fab one for each 3fdf46140e person in the 91d9e508d2 cell. Of course, the lackey ac9f7c03be did the distributing while 833a5c9cd7 I sat cross-legged on 385d568084 the floor. The cell leader ec6692d552 grabbed his chicken 9edbc6d036 leg first, tore 5afe53cfab open the packaging 86221b9610 in a flash, b787db6826 and took a b9da630490 large bite.ff857a16c561b416
“Hoppa, thanks for the food! Where do you want to sleep? Switch places with him, except for my spot.”8e0d80e286cff450
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“It’s not even af2406a2d6 winter. I don’t 8af3e2b51a care where c1c30249b6 I sleep.”b0dca52b6362cc16
“You must ba598f5d8a have a 198c8a9ea0 usual spot, 6332455b22 though.”372c1261c0392eae
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“Not really. I just sleep anywhere.”0115fa59d9441f81
Hearing my answer, the 055d48b956 two fraud inmates visibly 3783493c6e relaxed. The cell leader ec50610800 gnawed on his 2223aafcb8 chicken leg and 87d9f1adee turned on the 48d7030e19 television in the 11780aee34 center of the 1fe9154980 room. The other 5bf173410e three gathered 7f0762041d around to 23d5125d3c watch. That left 2e01a18495 just me 9193f870ae and the 971d246754 murderer feeling a18ad165a7 isolated in 34022fc7ba the cramped 36c3354584 space.5c8d6a73896d4e2c
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The murderer 8672fc9279 still hadn’t 0fe7c13c89 touched his a38b262071 chicken leg. He just stared at 9f0e1d53ed it in his hand, 3d43af6957 still in its packaging. I went d7a48e17d0 over to 5ade36bce1 him, took 26416cb306 the package 1d1ceaa823 from his acb30dfd80 hand, tore 6b3cecf18e open the f756380f69 plastic, and aca1ceb894 placed the 85230d30b4 untouched chicken 93f8a4bce8 leg back 08e38e1870 in his 5781a17d58 grasp.575bfda2c9ca2217
His gaze finally focused 5e231f594d on me. Empty eyes, dry lips. Despite that, his 82533db92e features were sharp 1ad5a30da2 and defined. He stared at b16dbfd724 my face for a21e8a190b a moment before bdbd83f402 finally taking a 8e2f2effd0 bite of his 792b8d8a53 chicken.fb25fe70400938c5
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“How old are you?”3d918296d357dfae
My voice was quiet 1466d77dbd but loud enough to 9bc0515317 hear, yet he continued dfd52bf462 to focus on chewing dd25f06e33 his chicken and didn’t 4cda0cc2e5 answer.98e19e57f6beeed3
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[Examination of newborns has revealed that nearly half are born with Names already inscribed in them. This suggests that it’s not a phenomenon caused by love, but rather a predetermined fate from birth…]
A boring 83234ff363 news report 08a9f54bd6 about the f25b926d25 Name Phenomenon c20a0b22a6 played on eaf0eeacee the television. e5412ecdf753dbd6
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“Love my ass,” the cell leader grumbled, and the others chuckled.d0540384576dd036
Instead of joining in their laughter, I sighed softly, waiting for the murderer’s response. He’d probably have no way to make a living after getting out. Maybe he’d want to work with me.72ebb7064d61224f
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We could c9dc420775 share our 8b32337c62 ages, and 68b3a765a6 he could d03c028547 finally use 1edbd94bb9 his real 2b5e7d9944 name instead b5b65fdaa0 of those 585894a8a3 damn prison 5134d62c7e number… Things cd9444f8c0 like that. I thought I cb8db18235 was being incredibly bf8a5a2108 kind, but he 4618f8653e seemed completely uninterested. As I put my 99f656af75 hand on my knee, 8943bbef58 about to go over 6dd621b781 to the cell leader, 46811c36ca the murderer suddenly grabbed db96f67526 my wrist.c6f429a21c2a8778
“27 years 7b1d93393d old, Im 8d2bfbf91e Jihoon… hyung… 8409adf00a Don’t you 8262f9ea99 remember me?”aaab6953f2e157a1
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I sat back down 4d11feec36 again, cross-legged next to ee5f70cb2d him.5295270c3b5daf7a
“I don’t know.”a420e9739719afc1
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I didn’t remember 46d23f73cc him, but I 6d29054eed thought if we b1a708026f had some kind d0ea5b66b6 of connection from fb52111d30 before he went 4e149cb4c8 to prison, it 31f1865745 would be interesting.f680e01b93d67ed7