Private Ceremony
Not being able to attend Root's recycling had been bad. Not being able to attend her only offspring's funeral because she couldn't get a visa was worse.
There was no screen to watch on. None of the other mourners had any reason to think Flora's mother was still alive, and because she had been expecting Holly, Flora's wishes had been for a quiet, private ceremony, so there would be no cameras to pick up an attendee who looked so suspiciously like Flora's mother. Foaly tried to comfort her, but that just brought to mind Artemis comforting her during Root's recycling.