"If it will prove to you and your sister how important this is, I will take that risk!" May's voice rose to match his, her palms pressed flat against the table. It took effort to yell at her son, in the past she would have sent him to Yeong-Seok. The ire that Jason knew this fact only strengthened her resolve not to let this drop.
"We both know this is wrong, but it is our duty. People are asked to do things for their country everywhere. Back home, in Gangneung, you would have had to enlist and serve in the military before you were thirty. Just like your grandfather did, just like your father had. Having children is not the end of your life, my life did not end having you and Jae-mi."