Maybe because the river dropped a hand's width, she wouldn't take my fare, so I took the oar instead. Watching the boat spin the wrong way around, so neatly, I laughed out loud for the first time in a long while.

• OngnyeRowing isn't about strength. It's about not fighting the water.
  AyameThen I'll never manage it. The water and I have been fighting for a very long time.
• MugyeongGranny charges me double the fare. Is that a tax on my face or something?
  OngnyeIt's a tax on your mouth.