BADDING BADDING

It's 3am in South Korea. May 27th of 2023, so literally like a month ago. A taxi driver

pulls over to pick up a young girl in her suitcase. He pops open the trunk. He even offers to

help her put it into the trunk, but she's like, no, I'm good, don't worry, it's not a

big deal, I can do it by myself. She puts it in the trunk, closes it, slides into the

back seat, and he glances at her in his rearview mirror. It's kind of late to be going on vacation,

and on top of that, her destination isn't even to an airport, or a bus terminal, or anything

like that. It's to the local park near the river. But who is he to judge?

What time was it? 3am. Oh, yeah? I mean, he was just thankful that it was a pleasant,

polite, nice young lady, rather than a drunk businessman, which is typically the client

tell at 3am. He drives quietly to the park. She directs him where to stop the car, and

she pays him. She slides out of the back seat and hauls her own suitcase out of the

back of the trunk. Again, it looks really heavy, really, really heavy. She said, no, don't

worry about it, sir. I can do it myself. I mean, the physical strength of the youth never

sees to amaze this taxi driver. They say they're goodbyes, and he watches with a little

bit of curiosity as she practically skips into the park towards the grassy field.

What a strange, strange girl. She looked like what? A middle schooler? A high schooler

at most. She looked really young. I mean, what is she even doing alone at this hour?

And where is she going with the suitcase in the park? He decides to take a smoke break

right then and there. He honestly thought that she probably would need a ride back. I mean,

no taxi was going to stop in the middle of the park for her to get onto the taxi. It's

near the river at 3 a.m. I think nothing good can happen to a young girl roaming around

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