“We're here,” said the boat's captain. Their boat was slowly approaching an island cloaked in darkness. The captain shifted his gaze over to Kang Jin-Ho. “We can't get any closer than this, unfortunately.”

“No, it's fine,” said Kang Jin-Ho while picking up his duffel bag from the floor.

“Here. Take this with you.” The captain handed a walkie-talkie to Kang Jin-Ho. “The standard arrangement usually is for me to come and pick you up in twenty-four hours. But you wanted to stay here for three days. Did I get that right, sir?”

“Yes, that sounds about right.”

“If something happens in the meantime, please use this walkie-talkie to call me. Let me show you how to use…”

"No, it'll be fine," said Kang Jin-Ho while casually tucking the walkie-talkie away in the back of his trousers. He wasn't going to use it, anyway.

“But, uh... Sir, you might fall ill, or something else could happen, so...”

Kang Jin-Ho shook his head. “Even if you show me, I won't remember how to use it. Unfortunately, I'm not very good with using devices like this, you see.”

“...Okay. But let me show you, anyway.” The captain insisted and eventually pulled the walkie-talkie out from Kang Jin-Ho's trousers, then began pressing this and that button. “See? You press here to turn it on and press this one here to talk. It'll connect you to my side. Oh, and before you try to contact me…”

The captain depressed a red button on top of the walkie-talkie. That caused a loud beeping noise to burst out from both the captain's and Kang Jin-Ho's walkie-ta...