`` and the worst part of it is we have to stand here and look at this , knowing there is n't a single thing we can do about it . instead she saw a small child with pigtails jumping up and down while pointing into the pond . the same empty , awful feeling she 'd had the first time she realized what her visions meant . that was something i recognized , something i was comfortable with because i understood it . `` but i could just as easily let it go . '' 