A doença aqui referida é algo equivalente a uma forma rara de câncer , que mata a filha. Ela, de fato, pergunta a Ian Donnelly, o que ele faria?
Dr. Louise Banks: If you could see your whole life from start to finish, would you change things?
Ian Donnelly: Maybe I would say what I felt more often. I don't know. [Looks up at the sky]
Ian Donnelly: You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.
Dr. Louise Banks sabia que sua filha morreria de uma doença rara e seu marido a deixaria por ela. No entanto, ela decidiu ter uma família.
Dr. Louise Banks: Despite knowing the journey and where it leads... I embrace it. And I welcome every moment of it.
Quando Ian Donnelly percebe que Louise Banks sabia o tempo todo que sua filha morreria de câncer, ele a deixou.