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Light Shop

I need to know if I'm weird or if...

this place is weird.

Where is this place?

I used to ask the same question.

Come on, Daddy's almost here.

It's okay. It's...

Everything is okay.

Papa.

Let's get out of here.

All right? I'll get you.

Papa... wait...

I don't think I can go with you.

No, I've got you. It's okay.

Papa... I feel so scared.

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

Papa...

It'll be all right.

Just give me a minute.

We're gonna be leaving soon. I'm sorry.

Good girl.

There you go.

Have some candy.

That's for you.

Papa...

Have that.

You should wake up.

Look at that.

Good job.

I always needed to open those, right?

Yuhui.

By the time you're done with your candy...

I'll be...

right back.

I promise I'll be here...

...before you're done.

Are you okay on your own?

Wait... right here.

I'll come to get you.

Papa...

I'm tired...

Yuhui.

Stay awake.

All right?

I'll come back and get you soon.

Don't fall asleep.

Just wait. I'll be back.

Hello?

I need help!

Anyone?

Hello?

Anyone there?

Hello?

Please, somebody help!

Can anybody hear me?

Please.

Somebody, somebody help.

Help.

Okay.

Have to find someone.

LIGHT SHOP

Hello?

Can you help me out?

What brings you here?

She's still... She's still out there.

Please help me, I need your help.

Unfortunately, it's already too late.

Wait, wait, what? I don't...

Is anyone else here?

There is no one else.

No, please, listen to me. It's my daughter.

She's only this big.

She's so little... she... please, she's trapped.

You have to help her.

It's not your concern. You should go.

What do you mean it's not my concern?

She's... she's my daughter...

This... this was the only place with the lights on.

I... I'm begging you, help me.

You... you have to help my daughter...

I'm afraid I can't.

Help me, she's lying there in the dark,

and she's alone.

Oh, please, I need your help.

If she's going to come here, she has to on her own.

No. I already said she can't move.

So for fuck's sake!

What's wrong with you? Why won't you do anything?

Shit!

And what if I broke all of this? Huh?

This?

Don't.

Your daughter's light is also here.

What?

So you're saying... these lights...

Does that mean...

So is this what I think it is?

Just a light shop, that's all.

No.

There's more to this...

this place.

How do you know that?

Papa, you should eat this.

Are you awake?

Papa.

I'm so scared.

I want a hug.

Papa, I don't think I can go with you.

Papa, you gotta wake up...

It was me.

I was the one who died.

She's all alone.

She must've been scared.

She must've been so scared.

Oh, my poor little Yuhui...

LIGHT SHOP

What am I doing here?

Because you can't accept that you're in this place.

What the hell does that mean?

Just accept it.

It will make it a lot easier for you to move on.

I need you to give me her light.

She has to find it herself, of her own free will.

She's pinned, she can't get here.

There's no way she can make it.

She has to find it of her own will.

I would do anything for her.

Tell me what I need to do to help her.

Are you really willing to do anything to help her, then?

Yes.

No matter how long it would take to do so?

Yes.

Yes.

Why don't we trade, then?

So?

What's the deal with this place?

"It's a world where everybody can eventually move on."

I'm confused.

I got here after an accident.

Are you saying I'm dead?

Technically, you're still alive.

Alive?

I really thought that I was a ghost.

I think... I've seen a ghost.

She died from smoke inhalation.

But...

if I'm still alive, then why do I look like this?

I look different.

The dead tend to look strange when they walk around the other world.

That's why they're referred to as ghosts.

But when living people try to walk around here,

they're the ones that appear strange.

So still alive.

Tell me what exactly am I doing here then?

It's difficult to comprehend.

Those who've had their lives cut short

due to unfortunate incidents

can continue them in this place.

There are those who can't accept their deaths as well.

They wander here.

- And are known as-- - Come on man, stop.

Where is this?

I want a straight answer.

Tell me where we are.

My head is full of shit and it's annoying as hell.

Why are you making this hard?

I keep asking.

Where am I? What is this place?

You're pretty rude.

I'm sorry.

I prefer transparency.

And I know...

I know it won't make sense.

But if you keep going on and on, that's just totally useless.

It makes it more confusing.

Just be straight with me and keep it simple.

So just say it.

This place...

What is this place?

You're in the afterlife.

Light Shop

Episode 7: Afterlife

Ugh, you son of a bitch!

What the hell is wrong with that thing?

If I ever see you, you're gonna be dead!

Shut the hell up!

Man, you wait till I get my hands on you!

There you are, you mutt!

Someone get that dog!

Starting today, she'll be working with us.

Say hi.

Hello, everyone, I'm Song Buyeong.

Uh...

This is actually my very first job.

But I'll do the best I can.

She still needs to learn how it works in the ward,

so she'll be relying on you to train her in the meantime.

Nurse Kwon, preceptor duties will fall on you.

Oh... great.

Let's get to work.

- Mmm. - Mmm.

Sure. This way.

So every day, when you come to work,

we need you to get the supplies ready before you take over

-from the on-duty nurse you're relieving. -Okay.

The most important things to remember,

identify patient, presentation,

history as well as current status, and why they're at the ICU.

You need to be aware of all that.

Mmm. Okay.

We had a really big accident recently.

They told us it was urgent, that our hospital was the closest to it.

There were so many critical patients

that we couldn't even separate them by care.

Hmm, right. It was on the news.

The city bus that went down.

All right then. Follow me out to the patients.

Take that with you.

Damn it. Crap.

You really wanna do this?

Fuck.

You son of a bitch.

He was the one who arrived at the hospital first

on the day of the accident.

Oh, so he was... he was on the city bus, or...

He wasn't in the traffic accident.

Different accident that happened on the same day.

KANG BYEONGJIN

Kang Byeongjin!

We just wanna know where you are!

If you can hear me, say something!

He got lost out in the mountains,

- and then tripped. - Was his injury from the fall?

It was actually hypothermia.

Hypothermia - Dangerously low body temperature

He was knocked out and then got sick

since it was raining so much.

-Hey. -I see a shoe.

Max! Max! Kang Byeongjin!

Over there! Over there!

The rescue dog kept him warm,

so his vitals didn't get too low.

-He was lucky. -Hmm.

Rescue dogs are trained to bark

so when it finds someone who needs help, it can let others know where they are.

The dog was right there.

He stayed. Even in that rain.

Mr. Kang!

-Mr. Kang, do you hear me? Mr. Kang! -Are you okay? Sir!

I'm sorry.

By the time he came in, he was already unconscious.

What about the dog?

Unfortunately, he didn't survive.

Do you think the patient knows that?

What I know is...

it's trained to stick with rescues until they're saved.

ICU

Let's just check that again.

Yes, hello?

- This is Hyunju's dad. - Hi.

How's she doing today?

Not awake yet.

Okay.

I'm so sorry.

Please, don't be.

I'll still give you a call...

to let you know if she gets better.

Thanks, I'd appreciate that.

Sure.

She's not showing any signs of serious injury.

So, what is she doing in here?

She was also a passenger on that city bus this week.

The head trauma's why she lost consciousness.

So it was like a concussion?

Subdural hemorrhage.

The impact to her inner dura mater caused a blood vessel to burst.

Though it's not externally visible.

JOO HYUNJU

We get a patient like her every now and again.

From the outside, it doesn't look like anything's wrong with her.

However, a traumatic subdural hemorrhage...

...has a very low survival rate.

How come there isn't a single wound?

The accident looked devastating.

That's because she was with her mother when it went down.

I think her mom did her best to protect her.

She was able to avoid the worst.

But the impact of the fall was just too great.

What happened to her?

She looks like she's asleep.

And it'll be a nightmare when she's awake.

So I hope she's having a nice dream right now.

JUNG YUHUI

Jung Yuhui.

Your funeral will be held tomorrow.

JOO HYUNJU

When she was transferred here,

another woman was holding onto her so tightly,

it was like they were one.

Did the accident cause that?

It was intentional.

She was clinging pretty tightly to her.

We could barely separate them before the surgery.

YOON SUNHAE

She still hasn't woken up yet.

And the other woman?

Her family came all the way here from overseas.

How nice of them.

Yes, it is.

Park Hyewon,

we will prepare you for your funeral.

PARK HYEWON NOTE: FUNERAL SCHEDULED

Sunhae?

Hmm?

You should get out of bed.

Did you wanna get up?

Sunhae... Baby...

This house is too dark.

You're right.

You should go and get us a new light.

I can't get out.

I ended up breaking the lock

'cause I couldn't get the passcode right when I tried to get out.

That's impossible.

That door lock panel is on the outside.

So you can go anytime.

The door's wide open for you to go.

Sunhae.

When you walk out the door,

there's a light shop...

at the very end of the alley.

Go there and find a light.

Okay.

MORGUE ENTRANCE OUTSIDERS NOT ALLOWED

This patient has been in the ward the longest.

-Maybe you could help me lift him? -Okay.

To prevent bedsores,

we have to change his positioning quite a lot.

Uh... one second.

If you could just reach over and grab his shoulder?

- Yes. - Lift him at the count of three.

Good, one, two, three...

and let him down.

Oh, I pulled out his headphone I think.

Oh.

Why's he wearing that, anyway?

To encourage him.

-Encourage? -Mmm.

To help him out.

And so he doesn't get lost.

He's gotta find the light.

You think he hears the music?

♪ It's the sky and people ♪

♪ We have to feel and see ♪

♪ We will have tough days ♪

♪ But they are all for our new dreams ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the wind blows ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the sun shines bright ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the wind takes me ♪

♪ Even if the waves come ♪

♪ I'll focus on the horizon ♪

Why is a basketball there?

Oh...

I think that it was his favorite sport.

But who put it there?

I did.

I assisted him.

We should go.

The patient in the other ward is going to get taken downstairs soon.

Mmm.

Uh, Nurse Kim.

-Keep an eye on the monitors, okay? -Okay.

See you later.

This was a patient who came in with the others from the TA yesterday.

He's no longer in a coma.

-So does that-- -Let's bow.

What? We can't stick around too long.

There are still lots of others we can do something for.

Okay.

You just gotta get used to it.

It's the hardest part of working in the ICU.

Ms. Kwon...

is it common for every patient to be in a coma?

Days like this are rare.

This was a serious accident.

There's a line that exists where we are.

Many patients don't get this far.

You and I are guardians of that border.

And these patients...

are gathered at the border now.

So if they don't come out, what happens then?

- Do they live or do they-- - Stop.

You shouldn't mention that, hear me?

They either return,

or they remain there.

Is he...

the driver from the bus accident?

Mmm-hmm.

Ahh... It was this guy.

Enough.

The bus might have needed repairs,

but the road conditions were a factor too.

Oh.

Oh Seungwon.

We'll prepare for your funeral now.

OH SEUNGWON NOTE: FUNERAL SCHEDULED

I've been looking for you everywhere.

And then I followed the ball here.

I found you.

Huh?

Do I know who you are?

It must've been hard.

Let's go. I'll explain on the way.

Where to?

We have to get out of here.

And you wanna go where, exactly?

I was trying this whole time to find a way out.

There's no end to this alley.

I can get you out of here.

Please hurry, we don't have time.

I'll try carrying you, okay?

You're in the afterlife.

This is the afterlife, where everyone can eventually move on.

So if a person's life is cut short due to an accident,

they get to continue on here.

And since I'm not entirely dead,

I look like this.

I appear different.

Pretty hard to swallow.

Well, you just talked yourself through it.

Is believing so hard?

Yeah, 'cause I'm a cop.

I'm always gonna doubt, you know.

Maybe I don't wanna believe it yet.

It could be you don't wish to,

because you don't have a reason yet.

Did you say you had a child?

Yes.

And the name of that child?

We had a miscarriage.

Bom.

Yeoreum.

Gaeul.

Gyeowool.

Eutteum.

Huimang.

Suksuk.

Teunteun.

Haengbok.

Somang.

Sarang.

Haetsal.

Those are popular nicknames for a baby.

The children here...

often have those names, you see.

Whether you believe or not is up to you.

People do live in this world.

And they're doing as best as they can.

I wanna...

I wanna believe.

I know I've gone through this alley before.

Why didn't I see you then?

I kept getting lost in the alley, so I guess I must have missed you.

No matter how long I walked, I would always end up here.

It was like this alley had no end.

Sounds scary.

Left alone in the dark.

I wasn't the only one stuck in this alley, you know.

Where we were before,

I saw a lady by the window.

She kept screaming that she couldn't get out of the house.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because you could go back.

Knowing the truth of this place means you get to remember it.

Those who want to go back...

will have to leave here without any of their memories.

Should you try to return to things the way they were,

you'd confuse the worlds,

unable to distinguish between time and space.

Delirum. I see.

That's why those who want to return...

shouldn't forge any relationships in this place.

So...

I am a guardian of the border.

Wait, I don't even hear the scooter anymore.

Why were you chasing him?

I thought he was a murderer.

The two of you have the same eyes, you know.

And you said you lost track of him around here?

Yes. I was following the sound of the scooter.

It led me here, so I looked all around.

And then when I turned to leave, I heard it again.

I tried chasing it one more time, but ended up back at the light shop.

LIGHT SHOP

I believe it's possible he might've led you to the shop.

Are you going to keep chasing him?

Need to check something face to face.

Then you should go do that.

Go where?

And how do I get there?

You're a customer.

Haven't you found a light yet?

You'll see him again.

- Get the doctor in here. - Okay.

Mr. Yang? Can you hear my voice? Mr. Yang?

What brings you--

Did your w--

Huh?

Sir, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

-You see that light shop? -Yes.

Go in there...

and find your light.

My light?

It's about you.

Your will to go on.

I don't...

You have to do it yourself.

I guess I never considered going in there.

Eh? You... But you have to...

You gotta go.

Go and find your light.

That's the only way for you to get out of this alley.

Go on.

Okay.

Hey, wait.

Yeah?

I apologize.

I'm sorry.

That's what I've been wanting to say to you.

I'm so sorry for everything.

Hello.

Hello again.

What?

I've been watching you a while.

You've passed by here, more than once or twice.

Oh.

So, what are you doing here?

I... Uh...

Something you need?

My light.

I hope...

we don't meet again.

Translated by Song Mi You