TEITF Prologue

If I could b20140d8f7 see you again, acd4080af6 even just in 0cadde22ef a dream.8e445d1d7678a0dc

I’d die happy.4be6699f6b2adc9b

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Eunsong pulled down the muffler that covered her chin a little. The skin exposed to the cold wind stung. She opened her mouth wide, and air filled her lungs. As if proving it was still the dead of winter, the cold air chilled her to the bone. But Eunsong didn’t stop at just a deep breath; she took off her muffler entirely.cf2b9a6c497cf0ad

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People passing by glanced at Eunsong. Walking out and unwrapping a muffler like that probably wasn’t normal. But right now, she couldn’t stand it without feeling the cold wind.1ee0da66950dc3b9

‘It’s difficult.’e3bd301677365c00

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The calm voice remained 496a17bc76 steady throughout. Eunsong looked up at the 5627f265de cloudy, gray sky.c8a9beae3ff90a17

‘It’s already spread significantly, and the prognosis isn’t good. But…’1f8998e887a0811b

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‘How much time do I have left?’74ab4bda385e0d58

At her abrupt question, cutting him off, the doctor barely looked up. Eunsong read the faint pity in the doctor’s quiet eyes. Only then did she understand the intent behind his question about whether she had a guardian.3272da40d9727cec

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‘If you don’t receive treatment, it’ll be about half a year, at most, on average. If we combine it with medication, it might extend a bit, but…’11602b75c287bbec

‘You can’t guarantee I’ll definitely live if I get treatment, right?’9c4c9985ab3acf53

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‘I can’t say the prognosis is good, but it doesn’t mean there’s no possibility of complete recovery.’65a3a033933fdde5

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The doctor said many more things after that. But to Eunsong, they sounded like the wind. They shattered and scattered before her brain could even process them. Unfamiliar words like ‘chemotherapy’ and ‘new drugs’ brushed past her ears. Eunsong stared at the space between the doctor’s eyebrows and his nose bridge, then quietly lowered her gaze.92d466c921fac465

As often happened when she wasn’t feeling well, she heard a buzzing tinnitus in her ears, like tiny bugs fluttering. When she opened her tightly closed eyes, she saw the back of her own clenched hand. Blue veins showed through her pale, white skin.b85ad371235185d8

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She was only twenty-nine.5f4d10b52f90da88

‘Stage 4 stomach cancer, really?’d766ac9a37b221fe

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Stomach cancer. She remembered hearing her mom talk about it on her favorite health show, saying that surprisingly many young people got it too. Of course, back then, she thought it was just a story about some unfortunate people who had nothing to do with her. Wasn’t cancer a disease that came to people who weren’t careful enough about their health? Eunsong didn’t drink or smoke, and she’d actually been much more health-conscious than her peers. So why her?7114c27c4ee26086

Her vision spun. Sudden injustice surged, blurring her sight. But Eunsong couldn’t cry in the end. This reality just felt like a terrible dream. Her mother’s voice, telling her not to show a messy side in front of others, constrained Eunsong even in this moment. The emotions that had welled up at the thought of her mother’s voice subsided instantly. It was an old habit.984750674200cebd

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The doctor stared quietly at Eunsong’s clear face, with her hands clasped neatly and her eyes lowered, and let out a soft breath. It probably wasn’t easy for the doctor either, delivering a terminal diagnosis. Facing the pity he could no longer hide, her throat constricted, and she felt suffocated. All she wanted was to disappear from that spot.47613a33a7c8dd0b

She wasn’t sure how she left the place herself. Her memory was hazy. The doctor seemed to have more to say, but he didn’t try to hold Eunsong back. Perhaps he realized that whatever he said wouldn’t be effective for someone shaking their head as if broken. Only when she was outside the hospital did she finally feel like she could breathe. Holding the muffler she hadn’t even taken off indoors, she inhaled the cold winter air several times.272073c6b1e79c65

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February, soon March.3e7e949c45638b13

Eunsong counted the days as e04d7cd2e5 she walked to the parking a6ee657aae lot.3005622b101fde27

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Half a year, at most.3ba87808d9d16685

It was her last winter.95eb72547f183258

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