Ocean's Breath Plateau Ganjang-beoteo dakgui

a son of the sea, then. she could see how the water ran through his veins and how greedily salt clung to his skin. she nods to him, accepting his answer. and when he asks of her origin, iseul has a thoughtful look in her peridot eyes.

"not from here," she says with a small shake of her head, " 한국, it is far. we speak, ah... different tongue there." she thinks of her home, of the autumn leaves that she could have seen by now, of the changing colors and the calmness of her mountain home with the crashing waves of the beaches she once knew.

she felt herself a stranger in these lands. "raiyuk is... hunter, yes? or fisher?" she comes to ask, wondering what this boy remained talented in, a chance to boast about himself if he wished. "learn from 아버지, father? or 어머니, uh... mother?"