<div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년은 흥미로운 표정으로 거리 한가운데 서있는 남자를 관찰하고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자는 전단지를 잔뜩 든 채 열심히 지나가는 사람들에게 나누어주며 말을 건네고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>광고전단지 였다면 다들 받지않고 무시하거나 받는둥 마는둥 곧바로 버렸을 테지만</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>전단지의 맨 위에 써있는 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">‘</span><span>아이를 찾습니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">’</span><span>라는 제목 때문에 </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>다들 전단지를 받자마자 내버리는 행동은 하지 않았고 </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>몇몇 사람들은 남자에게 응원의 말을 건네기도 했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>하지만 그런 관심이 큰 도움이 되지는 않았는지 남자가 전단지를 나누어 준게 오늘로 딱 일주일째이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>특별한 소득없이 기운없는 모습으로 남자가 자리를 뜨자 청년은 조용히 남자의 뒤를 따랐다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>실례하겠습니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년의 부름에 남자는 전단지가 든 커다란 가방을 고쳐 매며 고개를 돌렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>무슨</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.. </span><span>일인가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">?”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자의 경계심 서린 대답에 청년은 자기도 모르게 양손을 들어 보이며 말을 이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>아</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>전 수상한 사람 아닙니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>그저 드릴 말씀이 있어서요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년의 대답에도 남자는 의심스러운 눈초리를 지우지 않으며 물었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>혹시 내 아들에 대한 건가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">? </span><span>아들을 직접 봤다거나</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.....”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년은 난감한 듯 시간을 끌다가 조심스레 고개를 끄덕였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>그 모습을 본 남자는 급히 들고 있던 가방을 내려 놓고는 안에있던 전단지를 꺼내어 남자 앞에 내밀었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>여기 사진에 있는 이 아이</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">? </span><span>나이는 열두살이고</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>짧은 머리를 한 남자애일세</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>다시 한번 잘 보게</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>이 아이가 확실한가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">?”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자의 반응을 예상했던 청년은 몇 번 심호흡을 하고는 훨씬 더 조심스러운 태도로 대답했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>예</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>선생님의 아드님이 확실합니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>하지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.....”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>잠시간 이어진 침묵에 전단지를 들고있던 남자의 손에 힘이 들어갔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>안타깝게도 선생님의 아드님은 이미 이 세상 사람이 아닙니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년의 말이 다 끝나기도 전에 남자는 거칠게 청년의 멱살을 잡았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>헛소리 말라며 욕설을 마구 퍼붓는 남자에게 청년은 똑똑한 목소리로 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>모르셨겠지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">, </span><span>지금 죽은 아드님이 선생님 어깨에 매달려 있습니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“......</span><span>그냥 정신나간 놈이었구만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자는 청년의 멱살을 놓고는 급히 바닥에 있는 가방을 주워들었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>믿기 힘든 이야기란건 잘 알고 있습니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>하지만 사실입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>저에겐 죽은 사람이 보인단 말입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자는 주섬주섬 가방을 챙겨들고 청년을 돌아보며 퉁명스럽게 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>헛소리하지 말고 집에나 가게</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>그대로 몸을 돌려 멀어지려는 남자의 등뒤에서 청년은 필사적으로 소리쳤다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>아드님 왼쪽 팔에 큰 점이 있죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">?</span><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;">　</span><span>왼쪽 눈 밑엔 상처가 있구요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자는 걸음을 멈추지 않은채 코웃음을 쳤다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년이 말한 것은 모두 며칠간 나누어준 전단지에 써있는 내용이었기 때문이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>하지만 청년의 다음말에 남자는 걸음을 멈출 수 밖에 없었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>그리고 아드님은 귀를 만지는 버릇이 있죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>왼손으로 왼쪽귀 귓불을 만지는 버릇이요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>실제로 아이를 보지 않고서는 알 수 없는 내용이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>아들이 하는 말을 전해 줄 수 있겠나</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">?”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자를 완벽하게 믿게 된 남자의 첫마디였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>제법 오랜 시간이 걸렸지만 청년이 생각했던 것 보다는 훨씬 짧은 시간이 걸렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>죄송합니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>전 죽은 사람들이 하는 말은 들을 수 없어요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>그냥 모습이 보일 뿐입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자는 크게 한숨을 쉬곤 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>그런가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">? </span><span>아쉽구만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년이 쓴웃음을 짓고 있을 때 남자가 이어서 말했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>어릴 때 애 엄마 도망가서 제대로 된 사랑한번 못 받아 보고</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">,</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>못난 아빠 밑에서 고생만 하다가 갔구만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>불쌍한 녀석</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년은 안쓰러운 표정을 지어 보인 후 조심스레 물었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>아이가 죽은 이유에 대해서는 궁금하지 않으신가요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">?”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남자는 한참을 고민하다가 고개를 흔들며 대답했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>그건 지금부터 알아봐야지</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>그것만은 내 힘으로 알아보고 싶어</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>행여나 자네가 알아볼 생각하지 말게</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년은 고개를 끄덕이며 슬쩍 고개를 돌려 남자의 뒤쪽을 바라보았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>아무튼 고맙네</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span><span>말꺼내기 쉽지 않았을텐데</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>지금이야 사정이 여의치 않지만 나중에라도 꼭 보답하겠네</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년은 대답하지 않았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>그저 여전히 남자의 뒤쪽을 보고 있을 뿐이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>남들이 보기에 청년은 그저 허공을 바라보는 듯 보였지만</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년에 눈엔 남자의 등에 매달리듯 붙어있는 짙은 회색으로 둘러쌓인 아이의 형체가 분명히 보였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>물론 놀라운 일이었지만 청년에게는 이렇게 눈을 떼지 못할 만한 일은 아니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>청년이 눈을 떼지 못하는 데에는 다른 이유가 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>아이는 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">‘</span><span>죽은 이유</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">’ </span><span>라는 말이 나온 이후부터 계속 아버지만을 가르키고 있엇다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">“</span><span>아이의 장례는 훌륭하게 치를 생각이네</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>내가 애타게 아이를 찾는 모습을 보고 금전적인 도움을 주고 싶다는 사람들이 생겼거든</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span>직장이 마땅치 않아 힘들던 차였는데 고마운 일이지</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">  </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;">  </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="margin-bottom:4pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'함초롬바탕';">By. neptunuse </span></div>