“I got lost in the fun house and I started crying, so my mom bought me balloons. And then, we were at the highest point of the Ferris wheel. She told me to let them go. So I did and she said to me, 'Kate, just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't still there.'”

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Kate relays this message to Luke to reinforce her own pain and make him more considerate of how others might feel.

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