He scrolled to a new comment left on the tutorial page. It was from Aunty Meryl.

Mr. Thompson laughed, a rusty gate swinging open. “I know. She explained. Then she hugged me.”

They launched the app on New Year’s Eve, not with a press release, but with a barbecue by the river. The kids from town downloaded it immediately. So did teachers, nurses, and even the whitefella cop who’d learned to say yitha yitha (slowly, slowly).