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Kamikaze
A pilot turns back from his suicide mission. His family shuns him for life.
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Pilotturnsbacklosesfamily
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a shaven head full of powerful incantations
Garland · Kamikaze · conflict · power of humans
The pilot's head is full of the words that sent him to die.
he must have wondered which had been the better way to die
Garland · Kamikaze · conflict · identity · loss
He turned back and lived. His family never spoke to him again. The last line asks which death was worse.
a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous
Garland · Kamikaze · power of nature · memory
Looking down at the sea, he remembers his father's fishing boat. The sea wins.
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