"......"
He had forgotten for a moment. Sometimes his brother would say something that sharply snapped out of that quiet, composed expression. Like this, breaking the situation wide open.

Just when someone is soaked in rare emotion, looking at him resentfully and pursing his lips, Jeong Jae-ui, still gazing at the sky, quietly smiled and suddenly whispered as if talking to himself.

"Gangwon Province."
"Hmm?"
"Hongcheon. ...Let's go there someday."

Jeong Tae-ui looked at him quietly. After watching him whisper "let's go there someday" for a while, Tae-ui smiled softly. Yes, he murmured, and turned his head back to the sky.

There really were so many stars. Watching the flowing Milky Way right in front of him, Tae-ui suddenly recalled Jeong Jae-ui from some time ago. Sitting quietly in the bluish dawn, listening closely to a sound inaudible to others in the chilly air.

Even now, as if at that time, he seemed to be hearing some sound. The sound of those white shining stones endlessly whispering softly around his ears when immersed in the distant sky.

"Brother, you really are..."