I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it human and otherwise are...
Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received....
When you see something that is technically sweet you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.