Chapter 15 - | Call Me by Any Name (From Soo-Ah to Soo-Yun) (Part II)

"For my safety..." she replied to her grandfather's preposterous suggestion that she should be known as a boy from now on. But Soo-Ah never had to consider her safety before. She never experienced fear at a level where it overtook her conscious and unconscious mind. Or hunger, because her meals were so frugal she began to forget what it was like to have a full stomach. Until now, safety was a guarantee by staying close to her grandfather, Hun-Gyeol, Ha-Rin, and even that scatter-brained Jung-In. But now, even her grandfather could not keep her safe. Now, strange men could come out, attacking them from anywhere. Now she was going to a place filled with soldiers. Why did the thought not sit too well with her? "Are there many soldiers in the army?" she asked, grabbing a few morsels herself, in a pensive mood.