"Yeah. And it was nice. It's so beautiful, to see them all drifting away up against the night sky, but the act of...holding it, then letting it go, was really - cathartic."

That's the point, right? A representation of letting go.

...

"I'll try, but I think he'd understand. Today's an emotional day, after all." She smiles, eyes softening. "And besides: we're all here to support you however we can. If that means he looks the other way to give you the privacy to feel whatever you're feeling, he'll do it."