-Yul-ah.

There was something my master once told me.

-“Someday, you’ll feel like the world is being especially cruel to you.”

He was my parent and my friend.
My friend and my everything.
He often said those words while sitting me on his lap when I was a child.

Swoosh.

His hand, rough but gentle, stroked my hair.

-“When that time comes, remember this.”

His voice was dry, yet soft.

-“Even if the world makes you suffer, know that it’s not your fault, Yul.”

He spoke those words to comfort me when I came crying after being tormented.