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Executive at Sunlight Entertainment: Hello Kang Sajang-nim! Did you have a good weekend?

Celine: Oh yes, it was quite peaceful. Rumi and I spent a day in the garden, then she had a long nap in the sun while I got some reading done.

Executive: Oh that’s nice! Good weekend with Rumi!

Executive, turning to his coworkers after Celine leaves: Ok Rumi… Is that Celine’s daughter or her cat?

Coworkers: *turn and look at each other with uncertainty*

Celine’s secretary: Wait no one knows?

Head of Marketing: I mean…she’s notoriously private.

Secretary: I think Rumi is her daughter. Spent the day gardening? You do that with kids.

Accountant: What if it’s an outdoor cat?

Marketing: Fell asleep in the sun? That’s a cat.

Assistant: Kids do that all the time. Mine did that just the other day.

Executive: Ok I guess we’re doing this. Time to play Cat or Daughter.

*Celine walks back in*

Executive: Hey Kang Sajang-nim, I was just wondering: what do you do with Rumi in the garden?

Celine: Oh not much. Rumi usually gets distracted by catching butterflies while I do most of the work.

Secretary: What’s Rumi’s favourite food again?

Celine: Kimbap, especially the kind with tuna.

Marketing: And how old is Rumi?

Celine: Six. Her energy’s finally waning a little but she still finds new ways to get into mischief. The other day she got stuck in a tree.

Assistant: Chasing a bird?

Celine: No I had left the back door open for a moment and she bolted. Started climbing immediately. Although once she realized her mistake she cried and cried until I climbed up there myself to get her down.

Executive: Ok this is getting us nowhere. Is Rumi your daughter or your cat?

Celine, offended: How could you ask me that? *storms off*

1. borrowing misery from future

2. carrying grief of the past