2. 45 - among the things that wither, a promise is forever
Laden…Laden…
1. "Han yoahn."
2. "Let me take a look at your shoulder."
3. "Let's go to the hospital. Your sprain could get worse."
4. "It's fine. It's the same as always."
Laden…Laden…
1. "What happened? Why did cha yoon come here?"
2. "..."
3. "And why did you just stand there? You should've pushed her as well or called for help."
4. "...cha yoon. I guessed she'd get angry and she did."
5. "She didn't know how to calm me down but I could tell from her expression that she was begging me."
6. "..."
7. "I'm fine. Just put some ice here for me."
1. "For me."
2. "..."
3. "You know, sunbae, I now... Hate cha yoon sometimes."
4. "To be honest, I think I've been like this for a few years now."
5. "She was always"
1. She was always unreasonable.
2. She would always do whatever she wanted and when the time came for her to regret something...
3. She would just...
4. ...be sad.
5. As if she had no idea.
6. That's why I always used to get the feeling that she wouldn't live for a long time.
1. If I had to say... I thought she was like as a weak animal.
2. But there was nothing I could really do for her. All I could do was watch.
3. "..."
1. ""I'm sorry, yoon...I will never do something you tell me not to do.""
2. She was trying to save some nameless bug during practice.
3. That was three days before she was carried to the hospital and quit ballet.
1. Regardless of what I did, her precarious life was hers only.
2. No matter what I did, nothing changed.
3. Because I was young
1. "Was young."
2. "Because I was just... A young ballerina."
3. "..."
4. "People who kept trying their best even when it wasn't going to end well... I thought it was unsightly."
1. Maybe I was punished for that...
2. "Sunbae, I met professor yoo junghee. You know her too, right?"
3. "Anyone who did ballet even for a short while knows her. I've never met her in person though..."
4. "But I heard people say that she basically cut all ties with you."
1. "Really? I didn't think so. How strange."
2. "I guess she went around around saying that."
3. "What brings you here? You never came to see me when you came back to korea."
4. "How unusual."
5. "I'll be straightforward with you, professor."
6. "What will I need besides time to become the director of the national ballet?"
1. "I thought that you would know best."
2. "Is that so? I alwyas thought you'd retire right away after your glory days."
4. "You'd have to endure at least 10 more years. I can't imagine why you'd possibly want to go down that path."
5. "The director, huh..."
1. "You might not be able to get that far even if you do last that long."
2. "I'm not sure. I'd say you have a 10% chance at best."
3. "That sounds about right."
4. "Because I don't have enough experience or fame yet?"
5. "You've always been cynical when it came to my possibilities, professor."
6. "You know how things are."
7. "People are tired of seeing directors being put in charge just for show."
8. "And people instinctively hate winners who don't suffer, yoahn."
1. "..."
2. "Then please teach me ways to suffer from now on, professor."
3. "I'm sure you know a lot in that field."
4. "..."
5. "Professor, you've never been fond of me, but..."
6. "...I'll inevitably bring glory your way in the end."
7. "I thought you would already know that by now."
8. "Yoahn. You can't stand me as well, so why..."
9. "That doesn't matter. I'll be by your side until the very end."
10. "Just like when you sent me to russia, professor."
1. "And if I were to say no?"
2. "What if I just want you to retire?"
3. "This is what I think nowadays."
4. "That I'll either take you to a higher place with respect..."
5. "...or that I'll just follow your footsteps exactly and swallow all of your achievements because there's nothing else to do."
6. "..."
1. "Oh, right. I met cha yoon not too long ago..."
2. "...you should try meeting her as well, professor."
3. "The elegant professor...sunbae, you should've seen how angry she got when I asked her."
4. "..."
1. "Yoahn."
2. "..."
3. "Han yoahn."
4. "..."
1. "Yoahn. What's going to happen if we end up going somewhere really far?"
2. "Or if we end up in europe and america, separately..."
1. "What will happen if we can't see each other anymore? If I can't see you..."
2. You would often cry because of reasons I couldn't understand.
3. So back then, I just thought that was another one of your anxieties, but...
4. "That's not going to happen. I'm definitely going to get better and go wherever you are."
5. "That'd be nice."
1. "Yoon, why do you keep thinking about things like that? Is something wrong?"
2. "It's just... Don't you get anxious sometimes?"
3. "I get scared whenever I'm not doing ballet."
1. I sometimes feel like I'm going to be left alone somewhere where no one can find me...
2. We don't know how all the upperclassmen are doing.
3. I just don't know what happens when we leave school.
4. We don't know anything and just keep doing ballet but the world is like a swamp.
7. What happens if we lose our way...
1. "Yoon."
2. "Imagine this."
3. "In a few years, you'll have a solo."
4. "La bayadere, the one you like so much...we'll be nikiya and gamzatti."
5. "Performing in the same country."
1. "But if you really lose your way and get lost someday..."
2. "...I'll come find you then."
3. "Even if it's in the desert or in the darkness, I'll come find you."
1. "Don't be afraid, yoon."
2. "I'm not afraid of anything."
3. "Even if you forget about this promise, I'll never forget it."
4. "No matter how many years go by, even if you're an old lady by then..."