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The conversation focuses on how Seo's work \"Isolation\" comforted Liu, and feeling understood, Seo realizes he does not want to leave Liu.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Diamond Dust Chapter 21, Mr. Seo goes to artist Suki Kim's studio to meet her through Liu's arrangement, and this meeting becomes an unexpected turning point for him. Initially nervous, Seo connects the studio's intimacy with memories of loneliness from his childhood. Suki Kim warmly welcomes him, shows him around the studio, and wants to gift him a special painting that has never been exhibited. 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BASICALLY THEIR INNER WORLD TAKEN SHAPE.\nMY PARENTS HAD THEIR OWN STUDIOS TOO.\nI WAS NEVER ALLOWED IN THEM AS A CHILD.\n\nJUST LOOKING AT THEM USED TO MAKE ME FEEL SO ALONE.\nI KNOW EVERY ARTIST'S STUDIO MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THEM...\n...BUT FOR SUKI KIM TO LET AN OUTSIDER LIKE ME INTO HERS IS...\n\nMR. SEO.\nWELCOME. IT’S NICE TO MEET YOU. I’M SUKI KIM.\nI’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING EVER SINCE LIU TOLD ME ABOUT YOU.\n\n\"LIU...?\"\nTHAT'S WHAT SHUSHU CALLED MR. LIU.\nIT TOOK A WHILE TO GET HERE, DIDN’T IT? YOU MUST BE TIRED.\nOH...\nNOT AT ALL.\nI HEARD YOU WANTED TO MEET ME, BUT I'M NOT GREAT WITH WORDS...\n\nI'M NOT SURE I HAVE ANYTHING VALUABLE TO TELL YOU...\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE STUDIO?\nI WOULD BE HONORED.\nIT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.\n\nCOME ON IN.\nWOW...\nTHE ENERGY OF THIS PIECE IS INCREDIBLE...\nIT'S EVEN MORE OVERWHELMING IN PERSON.\n\nJUST A MOMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE SOME COFFEE?\nOH, YES. THANK YOU.\nTHAT PAINTING...\n\nIT'S DEFINITELY HER STYLE, BUT...\nDO YOU LIKE THAT ONE?\nOH, THANK YOU.\nI THOUGHT I KNEW MOST OF YOUR WORK...BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.\n\nYOU CAN HAVE IT.\nNO...! NO, THANK YOU.\nI COULDN'T POSSIBLY ACCEPT IT.\nYOU'RE NOT VERY GOOD WITH WORDS EITHER, ARE YOU, MR. SEO?\n\nNOT THAT I'M ONE TO TALK.\nJUST THINK OF IT AS A LETTER OR A CARD FROM ME TO YOU, AND ACCEPT IT.\nBUT...\nYOUR PAINTING...\n\nFOR LIU, \"ISOLATION\" WAS A SOURCE OF COMFORT.\n...!!\nHE GREW UP SURROUNDED BY EXTRAORDINARY WORKS OF ART.\nAS A GALLERY OWNER AND A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, HE OWNS MANY VALUABLE PIECES.\n\nBUT I THINK THE ONE THAT HAS SHAKEN HIM THE MOST IS \"ISOLATION.\"\nWHY...?\nARTISTS SPEAK THROUGH THEIR PAINTINGS...\n\n...AND VIEWERS HEAR THEIR VOICE THROUGH THE FILTER OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES.\nBEING PERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD...IS PROBABLY TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR.\nHOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT LIU HEARD YOUR PAINTING'S VOICE MORE CLEARLY THAN ANYONE.\nHE FELT ISOLATED FOR REASONS THAT WERE UNIQUELY HIS, REASONS MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. \"ISOLATION\" SHOWED HIM THAT HE WASN'T ALONE IN THAT FEELING.\nHE FOUND EMPATHY IN WHAT HE SAW...\n\nTHIS IS MY WAY OF THANKING YOU FOR GIVING LIU SOMETHING I NEVER COULD.\nSO PLEASE, TAKE IT.\nOH...\nMS. KIM IS MR. LIU'S...\n\nTHERE WAS A TIME WHEN I HAD SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN PAINTING.\nI PUT DOWN MY BRUSH FOR ITS SAKE.\nONCE I STOPPED PAINTING, A SLUMP NATURALLY FOLLOWED.\nIT FELT AS THOUGH SOMETHING INSIDE ME HAD DIED. I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO PAINT AGAIN.\nBUT THEN IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT PERHAPS I WAS THE ONE DYING BECAUSE I HAD STOPPED PAINTING.\n\nTHIS IS THE PIECE I PAINTED AT THE END OF THAT SLUMP.\nIT'S LIKE A PAGE FROM A DIARY I NEVER INTENDED TO SHOW TO ANYONE.\nI WANT YOU TO HAVE IT, MR. SEO.\n\nARE YOU OKAY?\nYOU LOOK EXHAUSTED...\n\nDID HE HEAR MY VOICE IN THAT PAINTING?\nWHY DID HE FEEL ISOLATED?\nTHE NIGHT I HAD THAT PANIC ATTACK, WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND?\n\nI ALWAYS THOUGHT THE ONLY PERSON WHO TRULY UNDERSTOOD \"ISOLATION,\" WHO UNDERSTOOD ME, WAS MISS KIM...\nBUT REALIZING THAT MR. 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