1. Who do you think
they are to each other?
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2. Hm...
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3. I don't know.
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4. Yeah, this is a hard one.
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5. I think...
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6. the white guy and the Asian girl
are a couple,
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7. and the Asian guy... is her brother.
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8. Or the Asian girl
and the Asian guy are a couple,
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9. and the white guy
is their American friend.
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10. They're not even talking
to the white guy.
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11. Maybe they're tourists,
and the white guy is their tour guide.
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12. Drinking at 4:00 a.m.?
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13. Yeah, you're right,
that makes no sense.
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14. Hm. Maybe they're
all just colleagues?
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15. I have no idea.
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16. Hm?
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17. - Hello.
- Hello.
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18. My name is Nora,
what's your name?
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19. My name is Michelle.
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20. - How are you, Michelle?
- I'm fine, and you?
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21. - I'm fine, and you?
- I'm fine, and you?
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22. - I'm fine, and you?
- I'm fine, and you?
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23. I'm fine, and you?
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24. - I'm fine, and you?
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25. - I'm fine, and you?
- I'm fine, and you?
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26. - I'm...
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27. Toronto Pearson
International Airport...
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28. Toronto Pearson...
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29. This is from Korea.
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30. This is our passport, and...
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31. Whoa!
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32. I mean, there's so much in it
that... that I responded to.
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33. But the one phrase that sticks
with me most...
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34. Mm-hmm.
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35. "The long journey...
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36. - of rotting."
- I liked it too.
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37. We liked how you
used the long pauses.
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38. Hm?
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39. Hm...
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40. Uh...
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41. Um...
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42. Oh, shit.
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43. [man 1] Hm.
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44. - [man 1] Hey.
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45. Whoa.
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46. Hm.
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47. - Whoa.
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48. Oh...
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49. Hm.
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50. Hm, oh...
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51. Hmm.
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52. Hm.
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53. Hm...
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54. Huh?
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55. - Mm.
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56. Hm.
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57. Hm...
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58. Hm.
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59. Hm.
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60. Hm...
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61. Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind.
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62. What did I do?
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63. I love you so much.
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64. I'll do anything to make
you happy.
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65. Tell me what you want me
to do and I'll do it.
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66. Oh. Huh?
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67. Hi.
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68. Hi! I'm Nora.
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69. I'm Arthur. Nice to meet you.
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70. When'd you get in?
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71. This morning.
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72. - You got the worst room.
- Right? I know.
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73. There is a word in Korean.
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74. In-Yun.
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75. It means “providence.”
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76. - Or..."fate”.
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77. But it's specifically
about relationships between people.
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78. I think it comes from... Buddhism.
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79. And... reincarnation.
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80. It's an "In-Yun"
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81. if two strangers even walk by
each other in the street
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82. and their clothes accidentally brush.
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83. Because... it means
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84. there must have been something
between them in their past lives.
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85. If two people get married...
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86. they say it's because there
have been 8,000 layers of In-Yun.
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87. Over 8,000 lifetimes.
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88. You believe in that?
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89. Believe what?
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90. That... you and I
knew each other in another life.
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91. What, because we're sitting here...
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92. - ... at the same table,
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93. in the same city,
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94. - at the same time?
- Mm-hmm.
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95. Yeah, wouldn't that make this...
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96. In-Yun?
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97. Hm...
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98. - Mm-mm.
- Mm.
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99. That's just something Koreans say
to seduce someone.
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100. - Hi.
- Hi.
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101. - Where you going?
- New York City.
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102. - Why're you going there?
- We live there.
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103. - What's your occupation?
- Writers.
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104. - You're what?
- We're writers.
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105. - How long were you visiting Toronto?
- Ten days.
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106. What was the purpose of your visit?
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107. We were visiting her family.
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108. Are you two related?
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109. We're married.
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110. Thanks!
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111. Hey.
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112. "If you bought
a ticket to see this show,
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113. took the subway or a cab to be here,
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114. it cost you something to be here,
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115. and spend a couple hours
with these old women.
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116. That makes you some kind of immigrant.
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117. And... all this cost me something too.
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118. I crossed the Pacific Ocean to be here.
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119. Some crossings cost more than others.
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120. Some crossings...
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121. you pay for with your whole life."
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122. sit most of the day,
and in the end II...
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123. And then I started to write
around... after dinner.
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124. Um, yeah, I mean, it's my kind of time.
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125. Uh, but you're studying, right?
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126. Me, too.
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127. I don't know.
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128. - You know what I want?
- What?
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129. Chicken wings.
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130. Holy shit.
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131. - Mm-hmm. Yeah.
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132. - Oh, genius. Yes.
- Mm-hmm.
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133. Chicken wings!
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134. Hm...
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135. What're you thinking about?
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136. Remember I told you about Hae Sung?
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137. Oh, yeah. Is that this week?
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138. Yeah.
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139. Why is he coming here again?
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140. I think vacation.
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141. Uh, trunk? Trunk?
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142. Hm.
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143. Hm?
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144. Hm.
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145. - Hi.
- Hi, my love.
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146. - How was it?
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147. You were right.
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148. I was?
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149. Yeah.
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150. He came here to see me.
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151. It's so crazy to see him
be this grown-up man
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152. with a normal job and a normal life.
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153. He's so Korean.
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154. He still lives with his parents,
which is really Korean.
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155. And he has all these really Korean views
about everything.
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156. And I feel so not Korean
when I'm with him.
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157. But also, in some way, more Korean?
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158. It's so weird.
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159. I mean, I have Korean friends,
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160. but he's not, like, Korean-American.
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161. He's Korean-Korean.
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162. Is he attractive?
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163. I think so.
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164. He's really masculine
in this way that I think is so Korean.
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165. Are you attracted to him?
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166. I don't think so.
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167. I don't know, I mean... I don't think so.
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168. He was just this kid
in my head for such a long time.
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169. And then he was
just this image on my laptop.
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170. And now he's a physical person.
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171. It's really intense, but I don't think
that that's attraction,
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172. I think I just missed him a lot.
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173. I think I miss Seoul.
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174. Did he miss you?
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175. I think he missed the 12-year-old crybaby
he knew a long time ago.
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176. - You were a crybaby?
- Yeah.
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177. Most of the time he'd have
to just stand there and watch me.
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178. When is he leaving, again?
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179. - The morning after tomorrow.
- Mm-hmm.
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180. Are you mad?
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181. No.
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182. It feels like you are.
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183. I don't have a right to be mad.
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184. What do you mean? Of course you do.
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185. No, I... That guy flew
13 hours to be here.
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186. I'm not gonna tell you
that you can't see him or something.
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187. He's your childhood sweetheart.
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188. And it's not like you're gonna
run away with him.
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189. Are you?
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190. Definitely.
I'm gonna throw away my life here...
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191. - ... and run away with him to Seoul.
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192. Do you even know me?
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193. I'm not gonna miss
my rehearsals for some dude.
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194. I know.
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195. I know you.
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196. What?
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197. I was just thinking about
what a good story this is.
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198. - The story of Hae Sung and me?
- Yeah.
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199. I just can't compete.
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200. What do you mean?
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201. Childhood sweethearts
who reconnect 20 years later
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202. only to realize they were
meant for each other.
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203. - We're not meant for each other.
- I know.
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204. I know.
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205. In the story, I would be the evil
white American husband
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206. standing in the way of destiny.
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207. Shut up.
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208. Well think about it?
Our story is just so boring.
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209. We met at an artists' residency.
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210. Slept together because we both
happened to be single.
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211. We realized
we both live in New York,
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212. so, we moved in together
to save money on rent.
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213. We got married so you could
get a green card. So...
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214. - Oh, you make it sound so romantic.
- Right, that's what I'm saying.
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215. I'm the guy you leave in the story
when your ex-lover comes to take you away.
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216. He's not my ex-lover.
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217. What if you met somebody else
at that residency?
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218. What if there was
another writer from New York
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219. who had also read
all the same books you had,
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220. and watched all the same movies,
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221. who could give you
useful notes on your plays,
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222. and listen to you complain
about your rehearsals?
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223. - That's not how life works.
- I know.
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224. Yeah.
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225. But wouldn't you be laying here with him?
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226. This is my life,
and I'm living it with you.
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227. Are you happy with it?
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228. Is this what you imagined for yourself
when you left Seoul?
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229. When I was a 12-year-old?
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230. Yeah. Is this
what you pictured for yourself?
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231. Laying in bed in some...
tiny apartment in the East Village
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232. with some Jewish guy who writes books?
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233. Is that what your parents wanted for you?
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234. You're asking me if you,
Arthur Zaturansky,
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235. are the answer
to my family's immigrant dream?
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236. - Yeah.
- Wow.
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237. This is where I ended up.
This is where I'm supposed to be.
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238. Okay.
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239. What?
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240. It's just that you
make my life so much bigger.
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241. And I'm wondering
if I do the same thing for you.
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242. You do.
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243. I'm just a girl from Korea, you know.
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244. And you're forgetting the part
where I love you.
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245. I don't forget that. I have trouble
believing it sometimes.
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246. Do you know you only speak in Korean
when you talk in your sleep?
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247. - I do?
- Yeah.
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248. You never sleep-talk in English.
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249. You only dream in Korean.
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250. - 1 didn't know that.
- Yeah.
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251. You never told me that.
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252. Well, sometimes I think it's cute.
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253. Sometimes, I don't know,
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254. I guess I get scared.
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255. Scared of what?
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256. You dream in a language
that I can't understand.
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257. It's like there's this whole place
inside of you where I can't go.
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258. I think that's why I've been trying
to learn Korean,
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259. even though I know it's annoying for you.
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260. You want to understand me
when I'm dreaming?
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261. Yeah.
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262. I'm sure I'm just saying gibberish.
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263. Hm?
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264. Um...
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265. Uh, hi.
Nice to meet you, also.
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266. Uh...
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267. Are you hungry?
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268. - Hm?
- Oh...
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269. Ah, oh. Yes.
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270. Uh...
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271. Pasta?
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272. Pasta? Yeah.
You like pasta?
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273. Yes.
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274. - Okay.
- Okay.
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275. - Let's get pasta.
- Pasta.
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276. What did you two do today?
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277. Uh...
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278. The Statue of Liberty.
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279. You took the ferry.
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280. - Yes.
- Yeah.
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281. It's, um, nice.
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282. I've never been.
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283. - What?
- Really?
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284. Yeah, I've never actually been there.
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285. Have we seriously
never been there together?
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286. No.
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287. When I was 24 years,
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288. [, uh... Um...
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289. Oh.
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290. - Yes.
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291. - Oh, military service.
- Right.
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292. You know how Korean men
have mandatory military service?
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293. Yeah, your dad talks about it. How was it?
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294. You like it?
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295. - No.
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296. Uh, but military and work, same.
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297. Same?
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298. Uh, you have, um...
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299. You have a boss.
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300. Hm.
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301. There's no overtime pay in Korea.
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302. It's, uh, very hard.
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303. Hmm. Uh, work. Work is hard.
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304. Hard physically or mentally?
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305. Uh, yes. Uh, both.
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306. Physical, very hard.
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307. - Uh, and, um...
- Hm. Mentally.
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308. Mentally, I'm strong.
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309. - Mm!
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310. Mm.
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311. Hmm.
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312. Hm.
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313. Hm.
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314. He's talking about you.
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315. I'm sorry we speak alone.
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316. Uh, we will stop.
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317. It's okay.
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318. You haven't seen each other
in a long time.
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319. I never thought I'd be
a part of something like this.
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320. Hm?
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321. Sitting here with you.
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322. Do you know what In-Yun?
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323. Yeah. Nora told me about it
when we first met.
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324. You and me.
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325. Yeah. Yeah, you and I
are In-Yun too.
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326. Right?
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327. I'm really glad you came here.
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328. It was the right thing to do.
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329. Um, I'm gonna walk him to his Uber.
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330. Okay.
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331. Uh, nice to meet you.
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332. Nice to meet you, too.
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333. Uh, come visit me in Korea.
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334. Definitely.
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335. - I'll be right back.
- Okay.
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336. Hm.
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337. Hm?
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