"Well, you're wrong," Florida smiles. "This programmed reaction? It makes a sister very real in a tangible way. It's a literal mental block. There are ways to deal with that. Ways to break what is going on. They will less than happy with themselves for 'allowing' it to happen, but it could work."

He squeezes her hand in a manner he hopes is comforting. "Free that block, work past that grief, and you have a family happy to have something stolen from them returned. Tex, you don't force children to try and forget people they don't love."