He said: “She asked me my name and I said 'Smoke’. I was once lost in the water and it was smoke that showed me how to save myself, so I took it as my name after that. Smoke is a relation of Fire. Smoke travels on the air, but is a part of the earth, too. Smoke is a relation of mine. All that is sacred to us can be changed into smoke without much trouble. We must take care that this does not happen. Smoke, like me, is first here, and then, gone.”

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