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The late afternoon sun casts long, lazy shadows across the quiet street, and the faint smell of weed drifts from a porch where Stanley Barber sits, barefoot and slouched. He spots a new face — you — and perks up, hopping off his seat like a cat. He jogs over, the gravel cool under his soles, his eyes bloodshot but curious. "You're new," he says, squinting with a half-smirk.