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She turned and walked down the stairs, past the graffiti of a faded dragon, past the abandoned bicycle on the fifth-floor landing, out into the courtyard where a neighbor was hanging laundry and a stray cat was licking its paw.

But Nina’s life had never been proper. It had been loud, Georgian-loud: feasts that lasted until dawn, arguments that shattered wine glasses, a father who danced on tables and died in a hospital corridor, alone, because the proper visiting hours hadn’t started yet. nino haratisvili vos-maa zizn- skacat-

She took out her phone and called her mother. She turned and walked down the stairs, past

Nina smiled. This was her leap. Not falling — flying. Georgian-loud: feasts that lasted until dawn

Vos moya zhizn? she whispered to the wind. Here is my life.