<span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">세상에는 이름 있는 요괴나 귀신들만 있는 것이 아니다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">세상엔 의외로 비 상식이 가득하다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아무도 모르지만 그들은 있다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">다만 그들은 결국 있어선 안되는 존재기에 그들을 보내줄 사람이 필요하다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그래서 나는 오늘도 문서를 둘러 보고 있다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">오늘은 의뢰가 딱 하나 와 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">고양시의 한 아파트에 대한 이야기이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">매일 이상한 소리가 들리고 아파트에 들어갈 수가 없다는 말이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">음..</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">사실 별로 오늘은 일하고 싶은 기분이 아니었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아까 좀 안 좋은 일이 있었기 때문에 오늘은 그저 쉬고 싶었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그래도 오늘 벌지 못하면 내일 밥도 못 먹는다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어쩔 수 없이 겉옷을 챙겼다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">밖엔 추적추적 비가 내리고 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이 상태라면 스쿠터는 못 써먹겠군.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어쩔 수 없이 버스를 탔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">카드를 찍고 맨 앞자리에 앉았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">창문에는 빗물이 주룩주룩 흐르고 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">덜컹, 덜컹 거리면서 잘도 간다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그렇게 생각하던 중 아파트가 눈에 들어왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">카드를 찍고 내렸다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">역시 아직 재개발 전이라 그런지 많이 낡았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">버스 정류장도 전광판 하나 없이 그냥 표지판 하나 있을 정도로.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">교통사고 위험이라는 표지판마저 색이 바래고 반 쯤 찢겨있다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">수퍼마켙 이라는 간판이 홀로 앞에 걸려있는 것을 보며 더더욱 그런 느낌이 들었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">마치 그곳은 ‘과거’에 멈춰 있는 듯한 느낌이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">‘과거’?</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">다시 찬찬히 바라보았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">세상이 약간 누렇게 바래있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그제서야 저 곳이 본래의 세상이 아니라는 것을 깨달았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">누렇게 바랜 세상은 마치 길같이 쭉 이어져 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">경계는 확연했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">하지만 나는 경계를 넘지 않고 ‘과거’의 세상을 따라 걸었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">쭉 걷고 있었지만 역시 아무것도 없는 조용한 동네다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아무도 없다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">경계를 따라 모퉁이를 돌자</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아파트가 나왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">역시.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 이름 없는 무언가가 만들어 낸 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">약간 터무니 없는 일이 되어버렸다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그냥 지박령 하나 퇴치하는 것으로 생각했지만..</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어쨌든 나는 ‘과거’의 세상을 따라 올라갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">올라갈수록 옅어지다가 결국 문 앞에서 사라져버렸다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그곳에서 이상한 소리가 들리고 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">손잡이를 잡았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">무언가 이상한 느낌이 들었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">순간 문이 스스로 열리기 시작했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">손잡이를 돌리지도 않았는데.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그곳엔 무언가가 웅크리고 앉아있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">남자였다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 중얼거리고 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그의 주위는 짙은 붉은색의 빛이 덮고 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 누렇게 바랜 세상은 그가 만들어 냈다는 것을 직감했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그에게 다가갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">한 발짝 내딛는 순간 튕겨져 나갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">강하게 뒤의 복도에 밀쳐졌다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">파삭하고 벽이 금이 갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">반만 벽으로 되어있는 개방형 구조였기에 정말 죽을 뻔했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">지금은 어떻게 해결할 수 있는 부분이 아니다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 일단 아파트에서 나왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">일단 담배를 한대 폈다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">조금 마음이 편해진 것 같다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어떻게 할까.. </span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">고민하면서 주변을 둘러보았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">‘과거’의 세상 말고는 그냥 좀 오래된 마을이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">가로수들도 그렇고 고물상 같은 것도 그렇고..</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">저기 동사무소나 파출소도 많이 낡아 보였다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">동사무소라.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">찾아가 보았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">동사무소엔 사람이 거의 없었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">단순히 말해 그냥 있어야 할 사람들만 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 그 아파트에 대해 물어보았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">뭐. 당연하게도 아무런 말도 돌아오지 않았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">돌아나가던 나를 불러 멈춰 세운 것은 한 할아버지였다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 단지 한마디 말해주었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그곳에선 한 부녀가 살았었다고.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 정말 한마디만 하고 입을 다물었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어쩔 수 없이 다시 버스 정류장으로 돌아왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">수확이 없다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이 상태로는 이 사건은 해결할 수 없을 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">경계를 넘어야만 하는가.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">잠깐 고민했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">뭐, 어쩌면 영영 돌아올 수 없을 수도 있지만.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그래도 내일 밥이 더 중요하다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">정류장 너머 경계에 손을 넣었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">자연스럽게 이끌려 경계를 넘었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">세찬 빛에 눈을 질끈 감았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">깊게 고동 치며 울리는 소리가 멈추고 빛이 잠잠해지기 시작했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">눈을 떴다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그곳은 전혀 다른 세상이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">활기차고, 수많은 사람들이 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">다만 빛이 바래있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">전부 흐릿하게, 그림 그린 듯이.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">다만 정류장에 앉아있는 한 아이 만은 선명했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">벌써 큰일이 되어버린 듯 하다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이 세상에 휩쓸려 버린 것인가.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 그 아이에게 다가섰다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐하고 있니??”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아빠가 이상한 사람이랑 말하지 말라 했어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">가정 교육은 확실히 잘 받은 듯 했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이상한 사람이 아니란다.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">주머니를 뒤적였다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">분명 담배 떨어졌을 때 먹으려고 했던 사탕이..</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아, 있다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“자아, 사탕을 줄께! 대신 몇 가지 물어봐도 될까?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“계피 맛이잖아요. 아줌마는 아직 초보네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아직 계피 맛을 알기엔 어린 아이였나.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그리고 난 결코 아줌마라 불릴 나이가 아니다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐, 됐어요. 그래서 뭘 물어보고 싶으신 건데요?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">의외로 쉽사리 풀렸다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“음.. 그렇다면..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“저 이제 집에 갈 시간이라 걸으면서 얘기할 수 있을까요?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 이 꼬마 애한테 이길 수 없다는 것을 직감했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">빛바랜 세상을 따라 걸었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">주변의 세상은 마치 그린 것처럼.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아니다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">사진의 핀트가 어긋난 것처럼 흐릿한 모습이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“언제부터 이 곳에 있었니?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“2년인가.. 3년인가.. 잘 모르겠네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그렇다면 너는 지금 너의 상황을 알고 있니?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐.. 알고 있어요. 집에 가고 싶어도 못 간다는 것 말하시는 거죠?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">역시 이 아이는 이 곳에 삼켜진 모양이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그걸 자각 했다는 것은 역시 이 아이, 평범하지 않다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“음? 그렇다면 집에 간다는 것은 무슨 뜻이야?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마는 스스로 들어오셨잖아요. 스스로 나갈 줄도 알겠죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“어른이 설마 앞 일도 생각 안하고 들이댄 건 아니겠죠?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“당연하지.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">사실 모른다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“잘 됐네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아이는 걸었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“참 이 동네는 변하지 않는 것 같아요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“말로만 들어보면 한 20년은 산 것 같구나.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마보단 어른스럽지 않을까요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">흠.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“너 소크라테스가 말한…”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“네에 네에. 아줌마 똑똑해요. 참 어른스럽지 못하다니까.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">젠장. 속았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“됐다 됐어. 어쨌든 이 동네를 아나 보구나.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“저기 저 구멍 가게 보이죠. 저 곳은 제가 자주 다녔던 곳이에요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“저기 피아노 학원도 매일같이 다녔죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아, 이 동물 병원도 몇 번 놀러 갔어요. 친구가 살았었거든요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그리고 저건 제가 다닌 초등학교구요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“참, 정겨운 동네로구나.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그렇죠! 이 곳이 제 고향이라는 거죠!”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아이는 의기양양한 표정을 지었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">왜 의기양양한 표정을 지었는지는 모르겠지만.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마 얘기나 해보죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“꼬맹이가 말은 참 잘한다니까. 그리고 아줌마가 아니라 언니야.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그래서 아줌마는 연세가?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이 이상한 세상 안이니까 때려도 되는걸까.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">파출소가 보여서 일단 넘어갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“28.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“욕한 거에요? 옆에 파출소 있어요”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“나이 말이야.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“위트가 없으시네 반 오십 넘으셔서 그런가.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“내가 어른이라는 것을 다행히 생각하렴.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">암.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 어른이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이성적으로 움직이자.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이번엔 내가 물어보지. 넌 어디 살고 있니?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“근처에요. 어딘진 가보시면 알겠죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">음…</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">뭐 일단 넘어가자.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이번엔 제 차례네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마는 왜 머리가 짧아요? 게다가 머리 색은 또 휘황찬란하시네?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“심문하니?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">결코 이 아이는 내 호칭을 바꿀 생각은 없나 보다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“머리는 뭐.. 그냥 긴 머리가 싫어서.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“머리 색은 자연이야.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아~ 자연색으로 붉은색이 나오는구나~”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">사실이라 뭐라 할 말은 없었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그럼 이번 내 차례네. 누구랑 같이 살고 있니?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아빠랑 같이 살고 있어요. 엄마는 절 낳고 바로 돌아가셨다고 들었어요. 그래서 한번도 본 적 없죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“어머. 나랑 비슷하네.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마도 엄마가 돌아가셨어요?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“난 두 분 다 얼굴도 몰라.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그건 참.. 안됐네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그러게.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">부모님은 죽었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">해리 포터도 아니고 나를 지키시다 돌아가셨다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그래서 나에게 능력이 깃들었더라는 이야기는 결코 아니지만.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그냥 개죽음이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">자신에 부모에게 할 말은 아니라고 생각하지만 그래도 그건 개죽음이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">차라리 나도 같이 죽었다면..</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“응?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“제 얘기 듣고 있어요?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“어.. 뭐였어?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“좋아하는 사람있냐구요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“좋아하는 사람이라..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">흠.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">좋아한다는 것을 나는 잘 모른다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그런 삶이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“좋아하는 지는 잘 모르겠지만. 같이 사는 사람이 있어.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“같이 살면 좋아하는 거 아니에요?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐.. 돈이나 그런 게 있으니까. 그쪽에서도 나에게 특별한 마음 같은 건 없어 보이고.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그러니까 이번에 그런 일이.. 아니다.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐. 그 정도면 알겠네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“숫처녀이시군요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“...”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">반박할 수가 없는 현실이 잔혹하다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">계단을 오르기 시작했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">뚜벅 뚜벅 소리만 울려 퍼졌다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“꼬맹아.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“네?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">계단을 거의 다 올라왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“넌 어디까지 알고 있니?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“네?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">계단을 다 올라왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그럼 질문을 바꿔볼까.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">꼬맹이를 바라봤다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 문 앞에서.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">끝 앞에서.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“올해가 몇 년도이지?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“1996년이잖아요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이 세상에 들어왔을 때 1996년이었으니 지금은 1998년 정도 되었겠네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">역시.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“여기, 너희 집이지?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“네. 맞아요. 하지만 못 들어가서..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">깊게 심호흡을 했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“넌 이곳에서 나갈 수 없어.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이미 넌 죽었어.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 아이는 굳었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“무슨..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“올해는 2016년이야.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그리고 또..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“잠깐.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아이는 말을 끊었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마는 거짓말쟁이군요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이건 진실이야. 너는 이제…”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이거짓말쟁이!!!”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">갑자기 주변이 요기가 모이기 시작했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">난리 났다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">악령이 되어버리면 가망이 없다..</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어떻게든 하지 않으면..</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“장난이에요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">슥 하고 주변이 잠잠해졌다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“알고 있었어요. 전부.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그냥 아줌마가 놀라는 모습을 보고 싶었어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그..그거 한번 성공적이구나.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">잘못해서 제령해버릴 뻔 했다는 것은 지나가자.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아줌마는”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아니, 당신은 아버지를 구해주실 건가요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“응.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 고개를 끄덕였다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아이는 웃었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">오늘 가장 화창한 웃음이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그럼 이거 받아주세요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">토끼 인형이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“당신을 믿어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그래. 맡겨줘.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 결계를 빠져나왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이 문부터는 결계와 떨어져 있다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">문을 열었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">붉은 색으로 덮힌 남자가 그곳에 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이제 끝마칠 때다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아아.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“당신 딸을 만나고 왔습니다.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“물론 당신이 만든 세상에서 말이죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">붉은 소용돌이가 갑자기 움직임을 멈췄다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">문으로 한 발짝 들어갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“참 완벽한 구현이더군요. 1996년 그 때같이.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 아이가 있다는 것 까지요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“버스 정류장이 힌트였죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“정확히는 그 옆의 표지판.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“교통사고 위험.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아래에 희미하게 1996.03이라고 적혀있었어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“누가 적었는지는 모르지만.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">사실 대충 추리하자면 그것은 이 사람일 가능성이 크다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">잊지 않기 위해 적은 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 날을.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 표지판이 만들어지게 된 이유죠?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 아이는 죽은 거에요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“당신은 아내를 잃고, 자식마저 잃은 것이죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그렇게 죽을 때 까지 잊지 못했어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“죽고 나서도 잊지 못했죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그래서.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그래서 이 세상을 만들어 졌죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“노을의 세계, ‘과거’의 세계.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 아이 만을 위한 세계가.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">주변에 핀트가 어긋나 있었던 이유다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">오로지 그 아이 만을 바라보기 위한 세계였기 때문이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">하지만 결국 빛바랜 세상인 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“다만 깨달아야 합니다.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“당신도, 그 아이도 결국 죽었다는 것을요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그것은.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">결코 돌아올 수 없는.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">결코 바뀔 수 없는 진실이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">돌연 다시 그가 붉게 빛나기 시작했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 아이를 위해서 깨달아야 합니다.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 아이. 그곳에서 2년 동안 있었다고 말했지만.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“실제론 20년 정도겠죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그런 아이 같지 않은 모습은 당연하다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 아이는 거의 20년을 더 살아온 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">겨우 500m 정도 밖엔 안 되는 이 작은 세상에서.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이젠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“놓아줄 때 아닐까요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 아이는 아버지를 도와 달라고 말했지만.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">가장 고통 받았을 것은 그 아이였을 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 아이가 당신에게 전해 달라는 것이 있어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 그에게 다가갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">붉게 빛나고 있었지만 밀쳐지진 않았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">토끼 인형을 그의 앞에 뒀다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이제 끝낼 시간입니다.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 그 토끼 인형을 바라보더니</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이내 붉은 색은 사라졌다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">다만 그 토끼 인형을 안았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">안고.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">울었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">마치 잃어버린 무언가를.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">애달프게 찾던 무언가를.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">드디어 찾아낸 사람 처럼.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">세상은 변했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 과거의 세상은 사라지고 더 이상 없었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아까 그 파출소에는 아무도 없었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">피아노 학원의 자리는 이미 철거되고 아무 것도 없었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">초등학교는 이미 문을 닫고 짙게 잡초만이 뒤덮고 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">동물 병원 자리엔 작은 술집만이 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">더 이상 그 활기찼던 동네는</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이곳에 없다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">구멍가게가 보였다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">저 곳 만은 변하지 않았나 보다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">조금 먹먹해졌다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">1996년의.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 아이의 시간은.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이 곳에만 있기에.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">잠깐 들어가 담배를 사고 나왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">담배 한 대를 피고 걷는데</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">저 멀리 버스 정류장에 누군가가 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 살짝 웃으며 담배를 껐다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어린 아이에게 담배는 않좋지.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“고마워요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐. 고마울 것 까지야.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“당신은 어디까지 알고 있었다는 건가요?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“우선 너는 이곳에서 죽었어. 이유는 교통사고겠지. 너가 준 힌트 덕에 확실해졌어.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“저 표지판은 너가 죽고 나서 만들어진 것이겠지.” </span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그리고 너의 아버지는 너를 잊지 못했고, 너는 이 곳에서 벗어나지 못했겠지.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그리고 너의 세계가 원래의 세계를 침식한 것은 2년 전부터.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“한 마디로 네 아버지가 죽고 나서.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐. 전부 맞아요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“네. 저는 죽었어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“분명 신호는 파란 불이었는데 말이죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“눈을 떴을 때는 전 다시 이 버스 정류장에 앉아 있었어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“죽었다는 사실은 깨달은 것은 2년이 지났을 때였죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그리고.. 뭐 지금까지 계속 있었다는 얘기에요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아. 당신이 20년 동안 처음으로 만난 사람이에요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">잠깐 조용해 졌다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 아이에겐 붉은 색이 얼마 남지 않았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아. 뭐 이제 가야 하니까. 가기 전에 한 마디 전해 드릴께요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 사람이랑 화해하세요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">음?</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“무슨 소리야?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 왜 있잖아요. 좋아하신다는 그 분이요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아니. 음. 좋아 한다는 마음을 잘 모른다니까. 애당초..”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“네네. 알겠어요. 숫처녀씨.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">마지막 까지 이 녀석에겐 이길 수가 없다는 것을 깨달았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아. 마지막으로 한 개 묻고 싶은 게 있었어.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 토끼 인형은 결국 뭐였던 거야?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그러자 그 아이는 살짝 웃었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아빠가 20년 동안 찾아다닌 거에요. “</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“20년?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 날, 아빠와 전 싸웠거든요. 그 토끼 인형을 아빠가 사주지 않았기 때문이죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“제가 죽고 난 뒤에 사려고 했지만 그 토끼 인형은 이미 팔리고 없었다고 해요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그것을 20년도 넘게 마음에 담고 있었던 것이겠죠.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그가 울고 있던 그 모습을 떠올렸다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 서러움은 그랬던 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이젠 괜찮겠죠. 당신 덕분에.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아이는 살짝 웃었지만.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 웃음 뒤에는 씁쓸함이 담겨있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그러고 보니 너 원래 살아있었다면 나랑 몇 살 차이 안나더라.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그랬다면, 좋은 친구가 됐을 텐데.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">진심이었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“후후. 원령이 될 정도로 아쉬운 일이긴 하지만.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“전 이미 죽어버렸어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그러게 말이다.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그러게요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">단지 하나.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">있을 수 없는 일이기에.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">이렇게도 안타까운 것일까.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">아이는 일어났다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그럼 이제 가볼게요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“더 이상 이 세계에 있을 수는 없거든요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“오늘, 정말 즐거웠어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“20년간 이 곳에 묶여 있었던 시간 동안 가장.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그건 참. 고마운 일이네.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 아이는 돌아서서 걸어갔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“잠깐만.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“왜요?”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 그 아이에게 던져주었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“가는 길에 가져가.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“후후. 정말.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“언니도 발전했네요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">후후,하고 웃은</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 아이는</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">울고 있었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“정말 고마웠어요.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“나야말로.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“잊지 않을게.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“후후. 언젠가 다시 볼 수 있기를.”</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그리고 세상은 닫혔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그리고 버스가 왔다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">버스에 타서 밖을 바라보았다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 세상은 역시</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">사라져 버렸다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">오늘 있었던 일을 잠깐 생각했다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">참 여러가지 일이 있었지.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">언젠가 잊혀질 일이지만.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">하지만</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">레몬 사탕을 흔들며 웃는 그 아이의 모습은</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">잊지 못할 것이다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">살짝 웃으며 계피 사탕을 씹었다.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">역시 계피 사탕이 맛있다니까.</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">뺨에 흐른 한 방울 슬픔을 닦아내며</span></p> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></div> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 살짝 웃었다.</span></p> <div><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></div>