The heartbreakingly beautiful thing about this scene is that, for only a few moments, we see how much love these two still have for each other.
The tenderness in both shots communicates to us just how much care vi has for those she loves, and later on, how she still sees jinx as powder, that little sister she once knew. so she provides her with that gentle affection she always needed and welcomed. it reminds us that all powder or jinx ever wants is to be loved, to prove herself to those she admires. they are one and the same. and for a second, we are shown that in the right hands, powder is still inside.
In this later moment, we see just how frozen in time these two are. their lives as they knew them vanished on that day and will never return but together, they hold on tightly, cling to that which is gone. this tender, calm, and reminiscent moment does not last, for they have both changed. there is not enough time in the world for them to say the right words.
So vi wipes away jinx’s tear and for a second, we are frozen in time with them.
