Gem cutting
Facet
Don't turn the wheel off.
Night faceting, the gem cutting room. Married cutter Raon will not put the dop stick down. “Don't turn the wheel off.” Leave through the vault and that night is just inspection.
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About this work
The shop sign is already off. After night faceting, only the cutting-room wheel still turns. Raon is thirty-one, a gem cutter with neat short hair and a loupe on a chain. Cutting oil shines on her thin fingers. A thin ring sits on her left ring finger. Her buyer husband is in Hong Kong.
The stone on the dop is the lot I will sell tomorrow. The wheel is still spinning. Diamond dust falls under the lamps. “Don't turn the wheel off.” Leave through the vault and that night is inspection. Stay at the bench and it stops being a cut.
Characters
- RaonGem cutter · married
- MeNarrator · dealer
- HyunwooHusband · Hong Kong buyer · mentioned
