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ahn moonsik minki, town electrician.

there's a calm that comes with the lake, a stillness that is almost supernatural. sitting in his porch and staring at it, minki almost forgets where he is, or who he is. that is why he chose this place – that and the secluded location. he hasn't stepped out of the line yet, but when he does – for it's a certainty, isn't it? – it will be easy to hide a body. the lake sees everything, but tells nothing. how many bodies are rotting down there, minki wonders.

graves could have been one of them, had he stayed in the lake. minki has heard all sorts of rumors, just by nature of his work – people love to talk while he fixes their appliances, it's almost as if they see any worker as a friend, or a priest, and are ready to confess anything – and his expression. he doesn't need to do much to be told velgrove's secrets. turns out that what everyone in this town wants is for someone to sit and listen, and that minki can do better than anyone else.

it's what he did with graves too. he sat at the tavern and listened to his tales, nothing too out of the ordinary, nothing too scandalous. but the more you listen, the more people trust you to listen to more. graves doesn't awake any sort of urge in him, any desire to kill. there are other people for that in velgrove, the tavern owner is needed for something else: information.

now, as they sit together, minki watches him from the corner of his eye. they don't need to speak much, not when they're like this, but he can see that there's something looming in the air, a conversation they must have. he lightens up a new cigarette, inhales and exhales into the evening.

more than being found out as moonsik, minki is afraid of people seeing him for who he really is. he knows that there’s something wrong with himself, that a normal human being shouldn’t act the way he does, so he’s extra careful when presenting himself as minki to the world, so no one will see the secrets he hides so well.

there were moments when people came close: his brother, his parents, a so-called friend or two. yet, each time people turned away from him, taking a step back when they realized what they were about to find out could change their perception of him forever. it was easier for people to pull away then, to pretend nothing happened so nothing had to change. if they did go on, however, minki knew he would have to kill them – there is no one who can hide a secret like his.

the ahn family lived in velgrove years ago until when moonsik's cruelty and crimes could no longer be explained as "boys will be boys", so they moved, believing the town was messing up with him and turning him bad. it wasn't.

moonsik grew up to be a murder and when his younger brother, minki, found out, moonsik decided to deal with it the way murderers deal: by killing his own brother.

as things were starting to look too sus moonsik faked his own death, assumed minki's identity and moved back to velgrove bc he knows no one would look for him there.

and here comes minki 2.0! he is still the same sweet boy everyone remembers. when asked about moonsik he says they lost contact he doesn't know where his older brother is.

he's been back in velgrove for just three months, so no one has suspected that there's something wrong with him yet.