Luyu stayed with me. We lay in my tent practicing Nuru together. “What think Diti’s problem?” Luyu asked in very bad Nuru. “She’s stupid,” I replied in Nuru. “I. . . .” Luyu paused. In Okeke she asked, “How do you say freedom in Nuru?” I told her. She thought for a second and said in Nuru, “Think I . . . Diti taste freedom and now can’t without.” “I think she’s just stupid,” I said again in Nuru.
