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Tias and Jonny decide to quit smoking. They realize that they won’t be able to quit cold turkey, so they save two for that day and toss the rest in the trash. Jonny finds Tias taking the cigarettes out of the trash, so they decide on two each that day. Jonny walks Tias to the bus stop so he can catch a ride home. On his walk back to his apartment, Jonny stops and buys a pack of cigarettes. He gives one to another Indigenous who asks, and then he throws away the whole pack in a curbside bin. A few blocks later, he goes back and digs the pack out of the trash.
When Tias comes later to Jonny’s apartment, Tias tries to trick Jonny with a Tom Hanks joke. The two of them have been joking with each other that all Tom Hanks movies take place in the same cinematic universe.
Jonny remembers watching his mother put on makeup. She explains to him how to use other makeup products if he runs out of one, such as how to use eyeshadow in place of lipstick and how to use smudging ashes in lieu of perfume.
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