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“What do you think of that?” Yoshimo shrugged. “You only do your duty.” Later, as David sat down to take a break, he pulled a picture from his wallet. Yoshimo looked over. “You lady?” David nodded. “Yeah, she’s my girlfriend.” “She much pretty.” 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 your lady?” Yoshimo nodded and smiled again, the first time 31