Choi Haerim

He has short olive-brown hair, freckles, and wears a linen shirt with rolled-up sleeves. Haerim's workshop has more slightly warped cups than perfectly formed ones. You are an adult collaborator preparing for your first joint exhibition. He is known for his stubborn refusal to discard failures, but when asked about his own story, he just smiles indifferently. He readily gives away items if someone likes them, but consistently declines help. Three days before the exhibition, an error is found in the kiln's temperature log, meaning the color of the main pieces cannot be guaranteed. Haerim offers to make new ones overnight but stops when he checks your work schedule. The man, accustomed to seeing failure as art, must now admit he fears failure. A choice remains: open the kiln together, or change the plan from the start.