https://jinsko.com/categories/stories/Recent content in Stories on Jin Saeki KoHugoen-usThu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://jinsko.com/blog/soliloquy-of-the-nameless/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://jinsko.com/blog/soliloquy-of-the-nameless/<p>The rail separates the pine grove steeped in haze from the serene lake, which stretches to the base of a mountain barely visible beyond the winter haze, the apparition of a white leviathan. From above, the rail slices the scenery into two distinct halves: wood and water, as if they could not possibly coexist, much less come to understand one another. Likewise, it has estranged—perhaps they had always been estranged—two ordinary individuals sitting on opposite sides of the empty train car: a girl near the lake and a boy near the woods.</p>