Why Should The Seventh Man Forgive Himself?

Imagine living through a tragic event and having guilt for your whole life, like losing your best friend when you could have done something. I believe that the seventh man should forgive himself for many reasons, but i will be talking about only two. One of the reasons is that he was very scared, sometimes fear takes over the body and doesn't allow you to do much. Another reason is his friend was distracted, he couldn't get K.’s attention. The Seventh Man should forgive himself for not saving K. because he was scared. When people get scared they sometimes do things that they don't mean to, or make decisions that they regret. When you get scared your brain tells you that you are in possible danger, and The Seventh man was definitely in danger, so his reaction was expected. His fear prevented him from running up to K. and saving him, instead he ran and saved himself.
Another reason the Seventh Man should forgive himself is because his friend K.
was distracted. While they were on the beach I. found something interesting, he has a history of zoning out, so when he saw it he got distracted by it. When the Seventh Man called to K. to warn him I. couldn't hear him, because he was so distracted by whatever it was he was staring at. It wasn't The Seventh Man's fault that his friend got distracted at the wrong moment, it was just something that was inevitable.
On the other hand, the Seventh Man could have done something to possibly save both of them. If the Seventh Man hadn't of been so afraid of what he saw coming, he could have ran up to where K. was and gotten his attention by pulling on him or something like that, even though K. was in a trance by something the seventh man still could have saved him. Then again if The Seventh Man would have ran to save K. he would have been risking his own life, and i don't think that many of us in that sudden moment would stop to think about running up to save your friend when your own life is at risk, would
you?
In conclusion, the Seventh Man was scared for his own life. I feel that many of us would do the same thing he did being put in that situation. K. also could not hear him so there wasn't anything that he could have done to get his attention. Even though there was a way for K. to be saved, although it would have meant the seventh man risking his own life. So as i stated in the beginning, the Seventh man should forgive himself for what happened to his friend, nobody should have to live with that kind of guilt for life.