After killing a bird that had a partner, Hae-jin realized for the first time the double-edged sword of life and death, the principle which rules all phenomena. She understands the basic agonies of life - death and uncertainty, obsession and anguish, sin and fear. Life and death, good and evil, happiness and sadness - they give us the experience of existing. Life is the emptiness and is not about being born nor is it about death.