Cityscapes

somewhere like Winnipeg after three months in Australia.

Jennifer smiles. She says Winnipeg is a good place to return to. It is a good place to be home, she says. She says that if cities were like races, Winnipeg would be a marathon. The pace is the trick, she says. Jens smiles. I kind of get that, he thinks. Interpol.

Zach comes outside and asks Jens if he has seen Kayla around. Jens says he saw her with the iPad guy from Handclaps. He thought they would be out here, actually.

Sara says she didn’t quite forget that Kayla existed, just maybe forgot that she was with them. Zach looks a little angry.

“Fuck that,” he says, “I mean... fuck... her.” Zach says there is maybe going to be a party at a place in St. Boniface, says they could maybe walk there. They go back inside and each order more drinks. Jens and Zach each get two beers for the walk.

There is construction everywhere. A lot of sidewalks are closed. Jens, Sara, and Zach pass an aboriginal woman who is sitting up and sleeping in a bus shelter. An aboriginal man passes them on the street and asks them if they have any cigarettes. Sara gives him a cigarette and the man thanks her. He puts the cigarette behind his ear and walks

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