It's been almost a month since the incident, and Jung wakes up in the middle of the night. He's not sure if he had a bad dream or not, but he does know that he's still thinking about the island. He asks if he can come to work earlier, and the assistant manager tells him that he had to finish a conference call by himself because he was late. He also tells Jung that he still attends company dinners, which he can consider an extension of his work in the office. But that abalone is too far, he says, and he'll pour him one drink. He says that he was really busy that morning because he wasn't late, but that he knows how to drink, so he lets him go to a different shop. He complains about his stomach, which doesn't seem to be feeling well. He wants to go for a walk, but can't because of the lights. He wonders if it's because he spent so much time on the island, or if he just sparkled a pearl there. He decides to go back to the island one more time, even though he knows that the exit is closed.