( When she laughs, it's a brittle thing, hollowed. AS if the sound existed in her and can now survive without her bodily assistance. )

There is no defeat he can suffer. This not what I am here for. ( Wryly, to emphasise the futility of this pursuit. It seems to be a foregone conclusion — something she might have considered once, but abandoned. )

I came... to see Sanwon. I came to see the House open. That is all.