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Yoshimo continued trying to make
friends, but David would have none
of it. Finally, he had had enough.
He told Yoshimo he hated him and
wished he had died when his plane
went down.
Yoshimo was quiet after that, and
when David brought him food, he
refused to eat. After two days, David
became concerned. “Yoshimo, you
must eat.”
“Perhaps better I just die.”
David took the food away, but, for
the first time, he started thinking of
Yoshimo as a person with feelings,
and not just as an enemy. David
watched that evening as Yoshimo
pulled a picture from his own pocket.
“She’s pretty,” David said. “Is she
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