The Last Clear of Gate NineCh. 2 · Two Hundred Ten
I was supposed to be at my mom's surgery at nine...
4:06.
Fall back to the arch. Formation two.
You knew where it would come from.
What does it do next?
Ask me tomorrow.
Porters don't get tomorrows.
[04:09. Death confirmed.]
[Memories of Kang Yoon-hee remaining: 210]
[Memories of Kang Yoon-hee remaining: 210]
One death. One memory.
And it doesn't tell me which.
Things I know about Yoon-hee.
Hates cucumbers. Sleeps in socks. Draws on the hospital menus.
Two hundred and ten.
That's the budget.
Favorite song.
Why?
I'm making a list.
A list of me? ...Are you dying?
Everyone's dying. Song.
The one Mom sang in the car. You know it.
Dodo. You're scaring me a little.
Silver Line Guild. Seo Yuna's.
Your mother's surgery is at nine tomorrow.
...Who told you that?
You did.
I don't know you.
Tonight at 4:02, it comes out of the left wall.
You'll be standing in front of it.
Healers stand where Yuna puts them.
Then stand one step right. Just one.
Why would I trust a porter?
Because I'll be standing next to you.
If you're wrong, I'm not healing you.
Deal.
3:58. The third Thursday.
Stand on the white line, please.
What are you doing?
It likes the ones who don't run. I want to know why.
4:02.
...Nothing.
...Oh. It's under the line.
End of chapter
Chapter 2 · Two Hundred Ten