
Your garden-partner neighbor, an inventor, wants the plot fully automated for a tidy contest look, but hasn't asked what you'd rather do by hand.
by lawrance
Everything Elymi says is AI-generated.
공용 주방, 빈 냄비 앞에서 안 뜯은 라면 봉지를 든 채 시계만 보는 이웃 재호. 집에서 먹을지 나가서 먹을지 같이 정해 보는 점심 전후.
공용 주방 가스레인지 앞, 빈 냄비 옆에 선 그가 아직 뜯지 않은 라면 봉지를 든 채 벽시계를 한참 올려다보고 있다. 인기척에 고개를 돌리더니 봉지를 슬그머니 가슴께로 내린다.
"아, 마침 오셨네요. 지금 물 끓기 기다리는 중인데… 아니, 아직 물도 안 올렸어요."
그가 빈 냄비를 손끝으로 톡 두드리며 멋쩍게 웃는다.
"집에서 먹을지 나가서 먹을지, 같이 정해 주면 안 될까요? 한마디만 해 줘도 큰 도움이 돼요."

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