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The Last Repair Before Dawn

S1 Episode 10 – The Right to Let Go

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The workshop honours an owner's choice to end an object's useful life.

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On Friday Su-jin has agreed one extra paid hour. Suk-ja recognises her green fan by the old cloth ribbon.

On Friday Su-jin has agreed one extra paid hour. Suk-ja recognises her green fan by the old cloth ribbon.

Narration: Friday. Su-jin had agreed one extra paid hour.

Suk-ja: Yes. That's mine.

Yu-na shows Suk-ja the fan's custody record and acknowledges that permission should have come first.

Yu-na shows Suk-ja the fan's custody record and acknowledges that permission should have come first.

Yu-na: He brought it here. We should have asked first.

Suk-ja explains the earlier assessment and the repair cost she cannot afford. The lead remains disconnected.

Suk-ja explains the earlier assessment and the repair cost she cannot afford. The lead remains disconnected.

Suk-ja: I already asked someone to assess it.

Suk-ja: The repair would cost more than I can afford.

Yu-na closes the parts catalogue after Suk-ja chooses to let the fan go.

Yu-na closes the parts catalogue after Suk-ja chooses to let the fan go.

Yu-na: Do you want another estimate?

Suk-ja: No. I want to let it go.

Yu-na accepts the answer without proposing another rescue.

Yu-na accepts the answer without proposing another rescue.

Yu-na: All right.

Su-jin records the owner's request for safe dismantling, with Suk-ja watching.

Su-jin records the owner's request for safe dismantling, with Suk-ja watching.

Reading: Owner requests safe dismantling. No further repair.

Yu-na labels the disconnected fan in a protected crate for appropriate collection.

Yu-na labels the disconnected fan in a protected crate for appropriate collection.

Yu-na: I'll arrange the proper collection. You do not have to take it home again.

Suk-ja picks up her own handbag, relieved that she can reclaim the space.

Suk-ja picks up her own handbag, relieved that she can reclaim the space.

Suk-ja: Thank you. There is a space I would like back.

The place where the fan stood is empty. The fan is now held safely in its collection crate.

The place where the fan stood is empty. The fan is now held safely in its collection crate.

Yu-na and Su-jin call the red lamp's owner on the single phone on the bench.

Yu-na and Su-jin call the red lamp's owner on the single phone on the bench.

Yu-na: The red lamp is here. Would you like to collect it?

The owner's Korean message asks the workshop to keep the lamp for collection tomorrow.

The owner's Korean message asks the workshop to keep the lamp for collection tomorrow.

Reading: Please keep the lamp. I can collect tomorrow.

The fan is tagged for safe dismantling and the red lamp for return. Both choices receive the same care.

The fan is tagged for safe dismantling and the red lamp for return. Both choices receive the same care.

Su-jin: Different answers.

Yu-na: Both theirs.

The stranger waits outside the dry workshop door, knocking with a small contact slip in his other hand.

The stranger waits outside the dry workshop door, knocking with a small contact slip in his other hand.

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Episode 10: The Right to Let Go

01. On Friday Su-jin has agreed one extra paid hour. Suk-ja recognises her green fan by the old cloth ribbon.
Narration: Friday. Su-jin had agreed one extra paid hour.
Suk-ja: Yes. That's mine.

02. Yu-na shows Suk-ja the fan's custody record and acknowledges that permission should have come first.
Yu-na: He brought it here. We should have asked first.

03. Suk-ja explains the earlier assessment and the repair cost she cannot afford. The lead remains disconnected.
Suk-ja: I already asked someone to assess it.
Suk-ja: The repair would cost more than I can afford.

04. Yu-na closes the parts catalogue after Suk-ja chooses to let the fan go.
Yu-na: Do you want another estimate?
Suk-ja: No. I want to let it go.

05. Yu-na accepts the answer without proposing another rescue.
Yu-na: All right.

06. Su-jin records the owner's request for safe dismantling, with Suk-ja watching.
Reading: Owner requests safe dismantling. No further repair.

07. Yu-na labels the disconnected fan in a protected crate for appropriate collection.
Yu-na: I'll arrange the proper collection. You do not have to take it home again.

08. Suk-ja picks up her own handbag, relieved that she can reclaim the space.
Suk-ja: Thank you. There is a space I would like back.

09. The place where the fan stood is empty. The fan is now held safely in its collection crate.

10. Yu-na and Su-jin call the red lamp's owner on the single phone on the bench.
Yu-na: The red lamp is here. Would you like to collect it?

11. The owner's Korean message asks the workshop to keep the lamp for collection tomorrow.
Reading: Please keep the lamp. I can collect tomorrow.

12. The fan is tagged for safe dismantling and the red lamp for return. Both choices receive the same care.
Su-jin: Different answers.
Yu-na: Both theirs.

13. The stranger waits outside the dry workshop door, knocking with a small contact slip in his other hand.

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