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Henry felt silly as he still had the balloons bobbing above him while he was holding her.  He untied the balloons and was about to let them blow away in the wind, when Ellie's hand reached out and took the balloons from him.  She moved backwards away from him and wiped her eyes. She wound one balloon around each headstone before choosing to wind two around the larger headstone.  After she had finished, she wiped her nose on her hand and tried to stop the sniffling. Ellie could feel that Henry was behind her, but strangely she wished that she was alone.

However, he wasn't going to let her.  He pulled the back of her coat gently.  "Are you ok? I'm happy to see that you don't blame them for what they did to you, even though by all accounts you have every right to be angry. I'm sorry I didn't think to stop by for something more appropriate to leave like flowers."