I pressed a fingertip to one tag and held it still. It was my first approval, and back then all I read on that line was a number, never a name.

• GugongThe wind in that gallery dies once, at three in the morning. Go then, and the tags don't shake.
  Mok YeokyungYou said three, then. I'll check tonight.
• YeojinWant me to engrave it in metal instead of paper, Governor? Metal doesn't burn.
  Mok YeokyungBefore you name a price, count how many there are first.