Leigh drank her coffee and watched people go by in the mall. She didn't see Joe or any of the others she hoped to see.

"Tansi, nôsisim" Kohkom sat down at Leigh's table.

"Tansi, Kohkom," Leigh said, "I am so mad at myself. People were coming to learn who hadn't come in years. I ruined it all."

"They didn't like that you weren't going to teach them all yourself."

"I tried to push my ideas of education on them."

"Yes." Kohkom accepted her tea from the girl ...