He lets go of her, shifting away a bit to give her room to drink her tea and regain her usual demeanor.

"I had an idea about how you two could maybe start to mend things."

He knows Kate isn't going to visit her mother, not when she's still so upset at her, but that doesn't mean there can't be contact.

"It might seem a bit old fashioned but I was thinking you could write to her." He suggests, "It takes some of the pressure off both of you. She can read them in her own time and reply similarly."

Plus it gives both of them some space and the chance to re-write things if at first they write out things that are too painful and upsetting.