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        the Ice Man

        I married the Ice Man.

        I first met t t el. I guess ts t to meet an Ice Man. In terous el lobby, croting in a c t possible remove from tly reading a book. t o me t t of ter m still lingered around s t at t time, I    in t really kno kne ed and    of ice. ts     a g or somebody agious disease or something.

        tall, and from looking at ly. ill, but t te, like it ed snoo    of cold,    coating of ued    on    ot t mu a normal person.     just jab you s. It ood out. ransparent look, like an icicle on a er m. t toget made o sparkle. I stood t and gazed at t t lift    moving so muued reading. It o persuade    t anybody at all around him.

        t day, tly t to teria to get lung in top of a page of t day    gree, and    tly as ter outside the window, reading his book alone.

        On ternoon of te excuse and didnt go out to taying beel, I    for an afternoon skiing, ted like a g to, and trange, dank smell mixed in . It rag snoo tel on ttom of ts and tting by t sloed off. I stared vatly out to tarted a versation. Im normally a very s at all in t of talking to total strangers. But at t time, I really ed to talk to tter     nig el, and I t t if I let it slip aalk to an Ice Man.

        Dont you ski? I asked trying to sound as casual as possible.    my face . ly s ski. Im fine just reading a book and ctle V s. I could literally see ly brus t ed on his fingers.

        I didnt knoo say after t. I just stood to smile a little. But I    really sure. Did    just a feeling? ont you sit dos tle versation. Youre curious about me, rig to ks OK. to . You    catcalking to me.

        to talk to tting side-by-side on t proceeded ingly. I ordered some cocoa and drank it. t    as bad a versationalist as me. In addition,    really o talk about. At first, alked about tel    really, I responded. My girlfriends invited me to go skiing    Im not very good at it. I really ed to kno of ice or not;    type of t t seem to    to talk about    dare to broac eit doesnt like to talk about stuff like t, I t.

        Instead, alked about me as a    believe it, but, for    me: tte    all from beginning to end.    me t    I ten about them.

        I dont uand, I said, blus me? I asked.    you read peoples minds?

        No, it is not possible for me to read peoples minds. But I kno kno like seeing somet you, I could see all kinds of t you clearly.

        you see my future? I asked.

        I t see ture, t ied in ture at all. to speak more precisely, I    of ture. Ice ure. It just captures t. It captures everyt as it    otally fresotally clearly. Just as it is. ts ts true quality.

        Good, I said. I laugtle. Im relieved to . I dont    to kno my future.

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        After o tokyo,    togetly. Eventually,    on dates nearly every     go out to movies togeto coffee s even o parks toget on a bencalk about stuff. e really talked about a lot of different stuff. But as al say anyt ? I asked alk about yourself? I    to kno you--s o be an Ice Man. t my face for a moment. t knoe breato t . I kno. I preserve all t. But I myself dont . I dont knos if I sa even kno even know    even know w.

        ted as an iceberg in t.

        And gradually I came to love t and no future,    t. And I loved just t Ice Man,    a past and    a future. to me. e even began to speak of marriage. I    tury years old. And t person to inspire suc imagi in t meant to love t if, ically, t been my partner, but someone else instead, I    her, I guess.

        My moter rongly opposed to me marrying too young to get married, t even kno to you marrying suc s? t really uand it, but marriage is a big responsibility. Do you really t youre capable of ty of marrying this Ice Man?

        But t    like tually made out of ice.    cool like ice.    melt if s too    c    from ice. And    t robs ot.

        So    married. No one celebrated our    my friends, or my parents, or my sisters: no one . e didnt    er,    even apply for a marriage lise. e just jointly decided t    toget ent of our meager ed a little apartment, and t a job at a meat storeo cover our expenses. , and no matter    tired.    even stop muco eat. Naturally,    t bot, ogether.

        of t, still iceberg t existed in some far off place. I t t t iceberg     iceberg in t it    of t ice to t first, ted, but after a o it. I even came to love it. As alalk about    all. Not even    ill iceberg. tirety of past events of tored pristinely, just as it    ice.

        In our married life, t really any problems t could properly be called problems. e loved eac. e unfamiliar ence of Ice Men, as time passed, little by little to talk to    to say. But in ts ted ed t I o    type of ter ime passed, t chasm could never be filled.

        to    of mixing i a, since    ime. Id take care of t after t to do. I didnt o talk to, or to go someers, still mad t I    speaking to me. t even ao call on telep toreayed at ening to music. I generally prefer staying at o going out any trial. But in spite of till young, and tition    any variation began to get me do    t got to me. t bear ition. In t of t endless repetition, I felt kind of like my own shadow.

        So one day, I made a proposal to my    rip togetrip?    me. ake a trip? Arent you h me?

        Its not t, I said. Im perfectly s just t Im bored. I    to go someo breatand? And any on a y of money in taking a fe trip somewhere would be nice.

        tallized.    -covered fioget to go on a trip so badly, Im not particularly opposed to it. I dont ts suco take a trip, but if it , go o go. taking a vacation s t o go?

        tured. I c terested in a cold place. And besides, Ive aled to go to time. I ed to see ts, and penguins. I imagined myself    tac up by the aurora borealis.

        raigo my eyes.    blink even once.    pierced to t silently for a moment, and finally said Its fine, s    to do, o ts    to do?

        I agreed.

        In about take a long vacation. e    probably make all tions before t    be a problem.

        I couldnt resp me    icicle gaze, it he inside of my head.

        ime, I came tret t I    up to t kno someter t accumulated on ubborn ait. Noing anyt all. All of terribly uneasy. Five days before o depart, I boldly made a proposal to my s call off trip, I said. Ive t about it a little, and its so cold, it will probably be bad for me.

        It just seems like it ter idea to go some Europe is really nice; o Spain instead? e could drink    paella, and cs. But my    respond. For a little ared at some place far a my fay eyes. t look,    I felt as if my body, just as it o not    to go to Spain, my s not fair to you, but Spain is too    and dusty for me. And too spicy. Anyickets for t a fur coat for you, and a pair of fur-lined boots. e t afford to e all t. At t, we o go.

        t scared me. I , if    to t o recover. I errible nig ime. In taking a rapped i ice, I could see t I couldnt move even a single finger. It erribly strange feeling. I uood as moment by moment t co t. I ure. t kept piling up irreversibly. And everyo staring at me. t t. I    passing ses.

        And t to me.     breat all. Just like     I loved tart to cry. My tears     a dream, . t from ture. t    you imprisoand?

        Yea I    vinced.

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        Eventually, my     a good enougo cel it. t aotally silent. I really ed to look at tside t t see anyter a    silently read a book all t ement or sense of anticipation t usually apanies going on a trip. I    going t of pre-determined motions.

        stepped off to tremble violently. It ime t it takes to blink, so no oiced; and my    so mu eyelas I couldnt miss it. Sometly, alt. opped t tared at ook a deep breathe land of your dreams, he said. Yeah, I said.

        t of my premonitions. Almost no one lived t otle featureless too otle featureless el. ts to see. t even any penguins. You t see ts. Occasionally, I抎 set about trying to ask people o see penguins, but t sly. t prery to draure of a penguin on a piece of paper. But of course, t sly. I ook oep outside of to ice. t any trees; t any flo, t ice. Frozen eland stretc as far as tion.

        A my e breat groiation. tive speed quickly returo ions    as alked toget a time,    uand at all alking about so early. My ely delirious in t place. t entranced    first, tated me. I felt as t be ed arayed by my husband.

        Eventually, t all of my strengt of t desert o be upset. It o realize, t I    of t    of t color-starved eternal er. After my senses    all gone, I uood only t my former     t o    Ice Man t I met at t t a it. All of t uand my speece breat greold ted tes, and sang taring blankly at ted mystery of S it.

        t trip. After t    us ly took off again, t been even one single arrival. tually bee buried in a t like my .

        inter s a very long er. No planes    he spring, he said.

        After    I . I knele Ice Man. My uterus ic fluid    kne le fingers. And I just kne ce mass of ternal past. No matter ried, we would never s off.

        No not of my former self. My natural imes I fet t I ever even . A someill cry. I am truly alone. I am in a colder, lonelier place turn my tears to ice. takes tears in s tongue. I love you, s not a lie. I uand t tirs and bloo t. I cry. Icy tears stream doh Pole.
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