Your Voice, My Only Outtake
Ep. 5

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2026-06-19

Cast: Siwon

A night with one name left empty.Untitled #2The one who changed after vanishing.Untitled #3That one had a habit of borrowing someone's tone back when they were starting out. But they say ever since that person disappeared, they've changed a lot.Untitled #4I don't remember the name. It was a long time ago.Untitled #5The name was still a blank.Untitled #6The outline around that blank slowly coming into focus.Untitled #7No, can that really get done in 3 weeks? Just push it back one week. ……Their schedule is packed too, I'm telling you.Untitled #8That's just the voice of someone at work. Out of reach. Somewhere I can't touch.A paper cup was held out from beside me.Untitled #10……Thank you. Mm.Untitled #11My fingertips are warming, but one side of me keeps going cold.Untitled #12What I'm fixated on isn't the borrowed tone. It's what kind of voice he uses—and who he uses it for.Untitled #13A voice only cracks when it's real.I should head in.The last panel of episode fiveUntitled #16Two people, nothing between them wastedUntitled #17An ending where each drifts back to their own placeUntitled #18Coming to check the last panel yourself? I'm the assistant. It's my job. Can I watch with you?Untitled #19He pulled out another pair of headphones and set them beside me.Untitled #20Untitled #20Untitled #21Something was beside me — I couldn't tell if it was body heat or just the air.Untitled #22Untitled #22Untitled #23'If you need to go, go.' But it keeps sounding like 'don't go.'Untitled #24The timing on the last panel is a bit off. Where? Where you call the name. Feels about 0.3 seconds late.Untitled #25I felt it, and then I didn't. The line between was too blurry.Untitled #26A pause in acting is planned. A real pause happens when there's nothing left to say.Untitled #27……Can you even tell them apart? Train your ear. The waveforms are different too.Untitled #28That part — the sound from when we were recording earlier——There, the voice changed.Untitled #30The moment the borrowed tone was about to slip away.Untitled #31I think… I was wondering if I really had to leave.There was something trying to come out. No headphones — just into the air.Coffee. I need some.Untitled #34Nobody called after him, and he didn't look back either.Untitled #35Just the two of them, left in front of the narrow console.Untitled #36……The wondering-if-I-really-had-to-leave thing. I meant the character.Untitled #37Here. This silence. It wasn't planned.Untitled #38What was in those 0.3 seconds?Untitled #39Is it because of me?He looked at you. Really looked at you.Untitled #41A second passed. "……What do you mean."Untitled #42"That silence. I'm asking if you shut yourself off because of me."Untitled #43While he read, a second and a half passed.Untitled #44"Ah, well——"Untitled #45"Occupational hazard. When I focus, all background noise just cuts out." "That day there was even a session where the construction noise outside disappeared completely."Untitled #46Construction noise. What a perfectly crafted exit.Untitled #47What had been about to crack open was sealed shut again.Untitled #48Footsteps drew close again.Untitled #49"Got your answer?" "……Yes." "Then we're done."Untitled #50"Hey, what happened between you and the director on the last cut?"Untitled #51Voices only crack when it's real.Untitled #52The same person's voice — kept splitting into two.It was past eleven when I got home.Three days now, still unopened.Untitled #55Open it and I have to read it. Read it and I have to reply.Untitled #56From Siwon. Voice message. 1:41.Untitled #57Eight seconds longer than last night. Knowing how ridiculous it is — counting those eight seconds.Untitled #58While my head was rehearsing *it's nothing* — my pulse was already.Untitled #59……Asleep?Untitled #60Unedited. The voice of someone alone in their room. In a texture they use for no one else.Untitled #61Not sleeping. I keep thinking about that 0.3 seconds in the last panel. So you noticed. I knew you'd worry. That's why I said it was construction noise.Untitled #62To leave you somewhere to run. That was even worse.Untitled #63Then what was real? I'll tell you that with the mic off.Untitled #64Turning off the mic means it won't be recorded. It means this isn't a borrowed voice.Untitled #65Voice message. This time, 4 seconds 02. Getting longer and longer.Untitled #66……Earlier. At the console. That wasn't construction noise. You know it too.It wasn't a range open to everyone. It was only ever aimed at you.I wonder if a night like this was drifting through that room too.Untitled #69No matter what I said, I felt like nothing could split open as wide as those 4 seconds did.Untitled #70Can you say that to me directly, with the mic off?Untitled #71I can't. Not now. Words said with the mic off have to be said in front of you.Untitled #72When? After tomorrow's last session. When everyone's gone.Untitled #73It was neither acceptance nor refusal. The pen stopped right there.Untitled #74The signature just had to be done within four days. Tomorrow came first.눈을 감아도 귀엔 '알지' 끝이 내려앉던 그 자리가.내일. 다 가고 나면, 그 방에 둘만 남으면. 너는 거기서 무엇을 먼저 내려놓을까.