Han Serin

The Secretary's Office doesn't accept favors. Anything left unpriced always gets billed later.

• Director Oh HyeonjiSeven years, and you haven't changed a single word of that line.
  Han SerinAnd you've been counting for seven years.
• Managing Director Kang TaeukHa, our Manager Han really has a gift for scaring people.
  Han SerinIf you were scared, that's my mistake. You're not in a position to be.

Four hundred documents have been signed with this pen. Not one of them bears my name.

• Yun AramIs there nothing among those four hundred you'd want to undo?
  Han SerinIf there were, I wouldn't be sitting here.
• Managing Director Kang TaeukNice pen. Maybe I'll ask you for one sometime.
  Han SerinYou should stick with the one you already use, Director.

Clearing out the back of a drawer, I pulled out a box seven years old. I meant to throw it away. It's still on my desk.

• Director Oh HyeonjiI had no idea the Secretary's Office drawers ran that deep.
  Han SerinNot deep. No one's opened it until now.
• Jiho's ConfidantYou always seem to tidy up once everyone else has gone for the night.
  Han SerinDuring the day, even a box lid needs approval.

Lately I go up for three minutes between meetings. Three minutes a day that no one's put a price on.

• Yun AramThree minutes is enough time to clear two approvals.
  Han SerinThose two sat unsigned, and nothing happened.
• Personal DriverThe wind's strong near the railing. Keep your coat closed.

This month my name was struck from the executive schedule three times, and written back in twice. The hand that erased it isn't the hand that wrote it back.

• Managing Director Kang TaeukIt's not really the Secretary-General's place to study the schedule that closely, is it.
  Han SerinIt's not a seat for reading it, Director. It's the seat that makes it.
• The WhistleblowerWhere does an erased name end up?
  Han SerinOn the fingertips of whoever erased it. Longer than it ever stayed on paper.