Chapter 17: Plan
"Hmm..."
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"Questions like this has always been hard to answer..."
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"I feel certain pressure to plan my life earlier and to achieve everything I planned."
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"But to answer the question, I would simply say what is 100% certain at this point. In 10 years I want to be someone who has learned and done lots of new things. I want to be someone who followed her heart on these issues."
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"That's an interesting answer, typically people have more ambitions when they answer such questions. Do you not have anything like that?"
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"It's not that I have no ambitions, I like to keep it in my mind, so that it's not embarrasing if I can't achieve it."
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"I see...Anyways thank you so much for your time! I truly appreciate coming here for this interview."
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"The pleasure is mine too! Please write the article well!"
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We connected and added each other's numbers and went on our ways.
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Reporter Hwang was not someone I expected her to be yet.
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That lady with the iron will is not born yet. However she seemed like a reporter with an integrity, so it is not bad to have an article written by her.
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I heard that they might add a few special episodes if the last 10 episodes get a good response from the audience.
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At the end of the day it depends on the last few episodes.
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I have only a couple of scenes left, one with Jang Hye-jin and Song Tae-hyeon, and another one simply with Tae-hyeon.
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It was nothing complicated, it'll probably be a quick filming. Unless we get the special episodes and I will have to be in it, my scenes are basically done.
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Thus, I decided to take a walk around town today.
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I don't know why I suddenly wanted to do this, but I decided to go to the area where the car crash happened in the future.
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In 201X the whole place is different.
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That building will be the last convenient store I went to in 201X, but right now it's a used bookstore.
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I decided to enter the store and take a look around.
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The shopkeeper wasn't there, but I figured that he wouldn't be anywhere far.
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It looks tacky, humble and old-fashioned, but I liked the place.
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I've passed through this area a lot, but I've never been here before. I have never been fond of books after all.
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Other than script books I avoid everything else like the plague.
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It's almost a shame that it will be some random convenience store in 10 years.
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But I guess that is life isn't it?
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The old replaced by the new. The tradition replaced by innovation.
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I walked among the tightly-knitted bookshelf carefully.
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One wrong shove and everything might just come tumbling down.
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Among the row of books, an elegant and plain book caught my eye.
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I pulled it from the shelf.
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The book had a classic look. Leather covers, yellow pages, a ribbon bookmark.
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The title of the book was 'Between' , it seemed to be a foreign book.
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On the plain black cover there was nothing else other than the title.
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I opened the book and...
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Beep...
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Ssstt...
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Flicker....
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The patient is losing more blood!
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"Student!"
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"Student!"
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"Student!"
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"Wake up!"
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"Heuk...."
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I went on a coughing fit.
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What happened? What was that?
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"Student! Are you okay?"
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"Yes, I'm fine."
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I got up from the ground.
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"Students like you need to take care of yourself. Don't overwork yourself."
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"Ah, yes of course. I will."
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"It's good that you're alright."
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"Excuse me sir, are you the shopkeeper?"
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"Yes, that's me. Do you need something?"
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"Yes, I'm buying this book."
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I pointed to the book that is on the ground.
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"Ohh that.... Just take that for free. We are closing soon. I'm planning to donate these books anyways, for the ones that could be donated at least."
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"I see, then I'll just take this if you really don't mind."
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"Yeah don't worry about it, it's basically trash anyways."
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I left the store with the book in hand.
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I was confused.
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I didn't know what was happening.
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I wasn't even completely sure why I was compelled to take this book.
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Something was drawing me to it.
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That's all I can say for now.
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Today was my shoot with Jang Hye-jin and Song Tae-hyeon. The mood in set was light, like the feeling you have before a long holiday.
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Maybe it's also because Jang Hye-jin had a nice personality.
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As a fellow actor at least.
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"Ha-na!"
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"Ah! Eonnie!"
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Oh, that Song Tae-hyeon is here too.
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"Good morning Jang Hye-jin seonbae*-nim!"
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"Oh yes! Hello Tae-hyeon-ah."
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"Good morning to you too Ha-na-ssi."
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"Yes, good morning."
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"What's with you two? So awkward?"
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The scene that would be shot today was Yeon-gyeong winning the regional archery competition. She would be celebrating with her sister and Ki-beom.
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If things go smoothly, we could finish really quickly.
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"Everyone! Let's be on standby!"
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Wait a second, what in the world is that guy doing?