Kate retrieves her bucket, but almost immediately she has to give it up again. Her desire to prove herself invulnerable is not sustainable, and she must abandon it just as she must abandon her bucket. This leads to Kate’s realization that she needs to sacrifice herself for Constance. Just as she comes to understand the importance of the team, she must leave her friends behind. Her “sense of invincibility” is a coping mechanism that she developed to endure “her young life alone.” Now that she is no longer alone, she sees that she is not invincible––but that realization comes too late.