But, on the other hand, and for now I am more partial of this interpretation: that the story as presented to us (from the author/artist to the reader) is the straightforward, independent and objective truth (and not just what Ah In believed to have happened), which is that Ilmo really was shot and his body was dragged and dropped into the water; that Jae Beom got away; that Ah In, whether because of grief or denial, still holds on to the possibility that it was Jae Beom who was killed and that it was Ilmo who dove into the water and swam away; that it was Myeong Jung who took his hand and walked him back to the car (the green sleeves); and that the last panel showing Il Mo is just a visualisation of Ah In's feelings (he is coming to terms with the the possibility that Ilmo might actually be dead now, although there remains a stubborn hope in his heart that that might not be, but he will need time, which he suspects would take forever or that his love would last forever (like how you never stop loving people who have passed on, how they remain in your heart forever)).