"I am... sorry." This makes little sense. "That is the year to me."
In all of her language lessons, Jae never taught her that English-speaking people like to have that clarified. Now she knows. Taking the paper back she turns it over again to re-read the original note, the one translated into Korean for her. "Milliways is the bar at the end of the universe."
She glances over at Sallie, the need for answers outweighing the need to maintain a pretense of not understanding. "I thought you were... joking. I thought it was not a very funny joke. I am sorry it is not a joke. I miss my husband and would like to go back to him."
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In all of her language lessons, Jae never taught her that English-speaking people like to have that clarified. Now she knows. Taking the paper back she turns it over again to re-read the original note, the one translated into Korean for her. "Milliways is the bar at the end of the universe."
She glances over at Sallie, the need for answers outweighing the need to maintain a pretense of not understanding. "I thought you were... joking. I thought it was not a very funny joke. I am sorry it is not a joke. I miss my husband and would like to go back to him."