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Raine attemtpted to withdraw her tears, but in vain, as she watched the dismaying funeral of Candi come and go by full of sorrow and great pain. They had no corpse to bury, just Candi's alarmingly-stained beanie. The eerie, crimson red had almost dried, but was continually revived by their flooding tears.

Tai, also, did not reappear, and Raine was left to sit by Devin, his younger brother, who was filled with uneasiness. Fear clouded his face and obscured his usual cheery self as he grew steadily restless. Ani began to think twice about her words as a grim line was drawn across her rosy lips, which now turned paler every moment with her cheeks. Every moment that ticked by grew progressively uncomfortable for all.

During Candi's remembrance, filled with Tai's sympathy also, each one of them made a short speech.

Raine felt a pang of guilt as each one gave their brief memories of Candi, including Fern. For almost half of them, this was their first funeral, including Fern. Even though Fern had arrived to this place after Raine, everyone, including Fern had known more about Candi than just the 'I want cotton candy' part.

At last, it was Raine's turn, and Fern came over and stabilized her, then guided her up there.

As Raine got up in front of the uneasy crowd, she found her voice and began her epitaph. "Friends," she paused, "I honestly am not very knowledgeable about Candi and her life's story, but I do know enough to feel the pains of wasting a lifetime chance. Even Fern knew better than I did about her, even though she arrived later. My disability should not be an excuse for missing any of these blessings that I could've had. Each day, we are given opportunities whether we know it or not. This includes the simplest ones too, such as asking questions. I believe that I may never be able to see Candi again," sniffled Raine, as tears brimmed, "But I have learned never to miss out on what I may have with anyone else thanks to her... and her ultimate fate." With that, Raine trudged off their makeshift stage.

No applause was given due to the solemn manner, but she knew that she did well, for Talia nodded as she, herself approached to complete the ceremony.

Talia cleared her voice before putting everyone into waterworks, "Today, we are gathered here to honor a fellow friend who has taken the worst possibility... one which we never would've considered if it didn't happen. I- I cannot change what has happened, but like you, I can learn from it. You know, sometimes, I blame myself for what has happened; perhaps if I wasn't so ... demanding, then she wouldn't have run off alone. I should've considered her feelings, I should've cared for her more. Now, I may never have that opportunity again. " With that, Talia thrust their old shovel into the parched soil with all her frustration and anger, and then gently laid the Candi's beanie in.

Raine was still crying at their hopelessness, and yet the fact that everyone was put together by their tragic loss was overwhelmingly surprising. She then searched her thoughts as she tried to stifle her tears, and realized that they all lost something, but someone was sitting at the edge of the crowd, not just losing one person, but his family member too... Devin.

Raine did something brave and unexpected from herself; she walked over to Devin, and put her arm around him to show that she cared and understood the most. Devin was heartbroken at the thought of his own brother's horrible, awaiting fate. They didn't choose to come here, yet here he was again, not being able to choose whether or not his brother would be there for him again.

Finally, as Raine lightly patted him, he cried softly as he raised his head, "You know, I never chose to come here... none of us did. Yet here we all are, realizing perhaps too late that we all do have similarities, and our differences shouldn't separate us. I always was honestly envious of how my brother was so good at math. I always said that NASA would choose him over me, and yet, I should've realized that we all had our talents and disadvantages. I was good at math too, yet feeling overshadowed shadowed my realizations. We both could've done great things... but in different places and ways. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, you know. After he disappeared though, I realized that, 'Love is the feeling of knowing that you'll miss something when it's gone.'

Raine nodded; it was true. Every item that she had had was never very meaningful to her until it was gone. She decided to reply to Devin's quote while struggling to maintain her sorrow to an upright level, "Just except for people though. Some, we never realize that we love them so dearly till they're gone... and others, once they are gone, we realize that we love them even more than we thought we did."

Devin nodded it was his turn to bury the beanie. He strode up there with a strange distressing, yet confident manner and took a large shovelful of dirt and covered most of what was left of the beanie. He then returned back to Raine, who was half smiling in tears, and assisted her back up there.

Finally, Cyndi covered the tip of the wool beanie, before Marie simply had to comment that it wasn't completely buried yet. A few of them glared at Marie, before Cyndi was bullied into covering it fully again. As Raine watched, Cyndi patted the earth firmly down, and as she strided away, she turned to make sure that the wool beanie was completely buried.

The group got up silently after Cyndi and followed Talia back to the tower. Raine noticed that Talia wasn't shedding tears anymore, though a frown still remained upon her face. Her eyebrows were knit tightly together as if she was thinking about something.

Raine stood there, lost in her thoughts once more, till Devin startled her by saying abruptly, "Raine, I'm going to teach you how to walk."

"What?" she replied, "No, I'm..."

"No. Like you said, I'm going to use my lifetime chances. I want to help, and I know that you don't always like being dependent on everyone else, especially in horrible situations. If you get hurt, I'm never going to forgive myself, so let me help. Please," he urged.

Raine bit her lip. She disliked when people used her words against her, but here he was, trying to save her from a horrible possibility. "Alright," she nodded, giving in.

Devin smiled as his grim mood seemed to fade away. He lifted Raine's arms out, making her seem as if she wanted to fly like an airplane.

Raine instantly felt as if she were in a scene in the Titanic as she felt the wind whistle and twirl all about her. Devin's hands held a surprising warmth to them, even though he was still stuck as the game's avatar in the chilly autumn. His clasp also felt somehow promising as they trekked back to the tower.

From a distance, one could see Raine with her hands out as if she were about to give a hug, and Devin behind her, guiding her to her first steps after many years. They were both smiling at each others, and Raine felt a sudden, happy sensation appear within her emotions as their hair swirled around in the breeze together.