Ji-hyun wakes up in Yi-kyung's body (and thank GOD for that), and cries in shock and glee at having corporeal form again. Not that this is the body she'd have chosen for herself. She takes a good look at Yi-kyung's bruised face, torn clothes, and unwashed hair, and wonders if she's a gangster. Heh.
She goes to the world's dirtiest bathroom to wash up (with nary a bottle of shampoo or conditioner in sight, to her utter horror) and wanders outside. She whines that she has to wander the streets looking like a hobo.
Reaper Boy suddenly appears behind her, but once she gets over the initial scare, she greets him cheerily with, "Hey it's you! Scheduler!" I think he's more taken aback by her, truth be told, because he's used to being scary, but she's not at all frightened of him. I think I'm gonna like this Soul-Reaper relationship.
She eagerly tells him that she's Shin Ji-hyun, which flares his quick temper. He reminds her that he told her the Three Rules just last night, and she's already breaking one of them. She catches herself right away, and promises not to break them, sheswears.
In flashback, we find out the rules (and YAY for a drama that's clear about the rules): (1) She cannot, under any circumstances, tell anyone that she is Shin Ji-hyun. Consequence: express trip on the Elevator of Doom.
(2) She can only use Yi-kyung's body when she's asleep. That'd be from 10 in the morning till midnight, since Yi-kyung works the graveyard shift. Reaper Boy: "You have a double-digit IQ, don't you? Isaid, you have to return to Yi-kyung's house by midnight every night, and not a minute later." Consequence: for every minute that she's late, that's one day out of 49 that gets shaved off. Mwah, I love how snippy he is.
(3) She's to earn any money she needs herself. Nice. This is one of my favorite themes from shows like Dead Like Me, where the afterlife is just as full of responsibility and money troubles as regular life. Plus, Ji-hyun's got a perfect princess complex that's going to make this fun. He reminds her that she's not to harm Yi-kyung in any way while she's borrowing her body. Check.
Ji-hyun promises to follow the rules, and adds that she's got that three genuine tears thing in the bag. She's thought about it, and there's going to be at least five or six people who really love her, so...is there some sort of incentive plan whereby extra tears equals extra years on her life? Hahaha. Reaper Boy scoffs at the gall of one delusional princess.
He hands her a cell phone, with a scary voice counting down her remaining time. It also has a panic button (in the shape of a skull, natch) to call him, only in absolute emergencies. Heh, that button is going to be SO abused. And...can I get one of those?
He also gives her a loan to get her started: 49 dollars, of course, (or 49,000 won to be exact) which she has to pay back later. He gets on his motorcycle to ride off in style, and she asks why he rides a bike if he can teleport. Good question. He tells her that it's one of the ways he enjoys his reaper life. Is getting a perm one of those things too?
She tries to hitch a ride, but with a happy sneer, he reminds her that a reaper does not get involved in human affairs. I'm thinking that's going to change for you, and that you're going to hate it...which means I'm going to LOVE IT.
Ji-hyun decides to take a taxi to the hospital (way to blow your money, princess), and watches from outside her room as Min-ho and her parents sit by her bedside. She flashes back to when they re-met, by coincidence again a week after the mountain incident.
She apologizes for putting him through all this, and then remembers her tear necklace. She looks back at him, and he's upset, but not crying. She assumes that he's cried so much overnight, that there must not be any tears left.
