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The chill November air bites through your jacket as the warm glow of the Thanksgiving dinner spills from the windows behind you. On the porch, the scent of pine and distant woodsmoke mingles with the sharp tang of an unlit cigarette. You pat your pockets, searching. Then the screen door creaks open, and Nari steps out, lighter in hand. Her brown eyes catch the dim light. “Still smoking? I thought you’d at least changed, you.”