<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“나는 웃는 사람은 믿지 않아.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 갑자기 그런 말을 툭 하니 던졌다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">술자리에서 살짝 빠져나온 흡연실에서 말이다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그러고보니 이번에 들어온 신입이 웃는 상이었다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그래서인가.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아니, 그냥 웃는다고 믿지 않는다는 것이 아니고 ‘잘’ 웃는 사람을 믿지 않는거야.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“이상하게 들릴지도 모르겠지만.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐,, 웃는 사람이 뭔가 꿍꿍이가 있어보이긴 하죠.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 적당히 둘러댔다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">웃는 사람을 믿지 못한다는 마음을 이해하지 못하는 것은 아니지만 굳이 믿지 못할 것도 없다고 생각했기 때문이다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그렇게 말하자 그는 그것 때문은 아니고, 라며 덧붙이며 고개를 휙휙 저었다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“옛날 얘기라도 들려준다면 조금 더 이해가 가려나.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그리고 그는 새로 담배 한개피를 꺼냈다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">칙, 하며 불이 붙는 소리가 들렸다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“녀석은 참 잘 웃었어. 헤실헤실하게 말이야.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“10살때 만났을 때부터 줄곧 웃는 얼굴이었어.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐라 설명해야할까. 결점없이 완벽한 웃음이라 하면 될까.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그게 내가 생각하는 최고의 장점이었지.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 나를 바라보며 씨익 웃었다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">어색한 웃음이다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“너도 한번 씨익, 웃어봐. 잘 안되지?”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭔가 어색하고, 막 그런 사람들이 대부분이니까.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그만큼 웃는 건 어려운거야.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그니까 나는 그 녀석이 대단해 보였던 거고.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그야말로 행복해보이는 그 웃음이 말이야..”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“난 그 말대로 전했어.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“넌 참 행복해 보인다고.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“역시나 웃더라고.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“참 완벽한 웃음이었지.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 씨익 웃었다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">여전히, 어색한 웃음이었다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">구체적으로 말하면 그의 눈은 전혀 웃고 있지 않다는 것이 정말 어색했다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그 눈은 익살 하나 없는 차가움이었다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“어느날이었던가.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“한동안 그 녀석이 안보이더라.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“학교 어딘가에서 헤실헤실 웃고 있을 줄 알았는데.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“감기라도 걸린 줄 알았지.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그때는 말이야.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“일주일 쯤 지났을 때, 선생님께 불려갔었어.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뭐, 그냥 시덥잖은 이야기였던 것 같아. 아무래도 옛날 얘기니 무슨 일이었는지는 기억나지 않아.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 선생님의 얼굴도 기억나지 않는걸.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“하지만 확실히 기억하고 있는 건 그 녀석의 담임이었던 다른 선생님의 말이었어.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“간단하게 말해서, 살인이라는 거였어.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 잠깐 말을 멈췄다.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"><br class="kix-line-break"></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나 또한 어찌 반응해야할지 몰랐다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">갑자기 너무 무거웠다.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아, 아냐. 그 녀석이 살인을 했다는 것은 아니었어.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 녀석의 가족의 이야기였어.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그때 들려왔던 것은 그 녀석의 아버지가 누군가를 죽였다는 말이었지.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그런 말을 학생도 있는 교무실에서 중얼거리다니, 참 부주의한 사람이었을거야.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그래서 그때, 나는 그 말을 그냥 넘겨들었지. 그런 영화라도 하고 있나 싶었어.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“뉴스에서 한 줄 기사를 보기 전까진 말이야.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break"><br class="kix-line-break"></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“생각보다 내용은 더 심각했지.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그야, 남편이 아내를 난도질 했다고 하니까.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“잘못 봤나 싶었지만 그 지역은, 그 기사는 어딜 봐도 그 녀석의 일이었어.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“작은 동네였으니까, 이 동네는.”</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">무덤덤하게 그는 말했다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">마치 그것이 자신과는 전혀 상관이 없는 일이라는 것처럼.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그저 있었던 사건을 읽는 것처럼.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“나는 여태껏 그 녀석을 행복하기 짝이없는 녀석이라 생각했는데 말이야.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“독촉장과 빨간 딱지에 뒤덮힌 집에서 매일같이 싸우는 부모에게 매일같이 맞고 자란 아이였다니.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그게 참 어이없지 않냐.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“난 그 녀석을 거의 5년을 알고 살았는데 말이야.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 녀석의 집에 한 번도 간 적도 없고 아는 것 하나도 없었는데, 단순히 행복하다고 생각했어.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“단순히 그 웃음 하나 때문에.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“지옥같은 세상에서 살아간 그 녀석을 행복하다고 생각하고 말았던거야.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 녀석을 다시 본 건 2년뒤의 학교 졸업식에서였어.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“왜 인지 모르겠지만.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“안그래도 말랐던 녀석은 거의 산 송장같이 빼빼 마른 모습이었지.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“지금 무엇을 하는지, 어디서 사는지, 그 일은 어떻게 되었는지 아무것도 모르지만 그 녀석과 나는 마주치고 말았지.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“나를 바라본 그 녀석이 어떻게 했는지 알아?”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 녀석은 웃었어.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“완벽한 웃음이었지.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그래서 나는 잘 웃는 사람을 믿지 않아.”</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 다 타들어간 담배를 재떨이에 찍어버렸다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">붉은 불빛이 보이다 이내 꺼져버렸다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 다시 회식자리로 돌아가려는 듯 의자에서 일어나 바지를  툭툭 털었다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그가 떠나기 전, 나는 정말 쓸데 없는 것이었지만 그저 한가지 그에게 물었다.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 사람은 어떻게 되었나요?”</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그것은 확실하게, 누가 말하지 않아도 알 수 있는 결말이었지만 구태여 물었다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그러자 그는 조금 놀란 듯 나를 바라보았다 이내 대답했다.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“생각했던 것보단 나쁘지 않아. 고등학교엔 다시 들어와서 결국 대학교때 내 후배로 재회했지.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“그 성격이겠다 참을 성도 참 많아서 열심히 사회생활하고 가족도 생기고, 행복하게 잘 살고 있어. 지금도 간간히 만나니까.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“아직도 그녀석의 웃음은 완벽하다니까.”</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그는 그렇게 말하며 흡연실을 나섰다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나도 따라 나서는 것이 분위기나 그림 상으로도 적절했겠지만</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">나는 굳이 담뱃갑에서 한 개피 더 꺼냈다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">붉게 타오르는 담배를 입에 물었다.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그리고 그의 말을 믿지 않기로 했다.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">마지막에 대답하고 있었던 그는 웃고 있었기 때문이다.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">그것은 무엇보다도</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Malgun Gothic';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">완벽한 웃음이었다.</span></p><br>