Oh Seryang

Ten erasures isn't bad painting, it's fear. And the paintings of frightened men are usually the ones that last longest.

• Han JigyeomI paint it in one stroke, sir.
  Oh SeryangAnd that's why people only ever look at your paintings once.
• Lee HeunDeputy Director. Say that to me too. I have a face I've erased about ten times myself.
  Oh SeryangWhat Your Highness does isn't erasing. We call that layering.

Thirty years sitting in this room, and the smell of sidelong glances has grown thicker than the smell of ink. Funny, now that my hands shake too much to steal anything.

• Han JigyeomSir, you said that for my benefit, didn't you.
  Oh SeryangWhoever's listening, it's theirs to keep.
• Lee HeunDeputy Director. In the end, the scariest thing in the Bureau is an old man's eyes.
  Oh SeryangYour Highness. Old eyes don't tell anyone anything. Not yet, anyway.