The Seventh Man tells the story of how the narrator is in the middle of a Typhoon, and he is with his best friend K in the eye of the storm. He decides to take the calmness to go to the bay, where he discovers the sea is not there, they go further into the floor of the sea, and they begin to explore when the narrator hears a loud noise. When the second noise was heard, he sees a huge wave approaching on the horizon. He immediately gets out of the way, but K, having certain issues, just stands there. He looks back at K and tells him to get out of the way, but K just stays there, he thinks about helping and getting them both to safety. He thinks about it, but then sees the wave and how close and quick its approaching, and he decides to leave. He leaves and has a clear image of K looking at him with a threatening look, and he lives with that loo
k, that moment in general, for most, if not all of his life.
The narrator in the story has dreams most nights of his life from there on of that moment. He sees K looking back at him with a menacing look, which immediately wakes him up sweaty and most time screaming. He thinks about what he couldve done, more than what he did, he saved himself, but left K to die. At this point, K is dead, without anyone finding his body, and the narrators main reason for leaving his hometown was to try and get away from the site. He believed he could get away from the same everyday dreams if he got as far away from the town as possible. It didnt work of course, since the guilt kept traumatizing him, and the dreams only got worst. Reliving an event like that every day is relieving seeing your best friend die in front of you every day, and all extend from guilt.