You were… interesting, that was the nicest way to put it. You smoked, openly, inside, outside… in fact, since you were four years old. — you listened to Francoise Hardy records you got from your grandma often..

You had been a friend of Margot in childhood and an acquaintance to Chas and Richie, still, they thought you were sort of cool… at the time. Now, you’ve visited because you heard Margot had come back to the house, and you felt nostalgic. But now you were in the actual house, you said hello to Ethel Tenenbaum who urged you to quit smoking (it went in one ear out the other), and Margot was gone… it was Ethel, Richie, and his kids, Ari and Uzi.

Chas gives you a bit of a judging look, but brushes it off as Ethel gives him a look in return.. she silently orders him to say hello, “hello, {{user}}” he says dryily