Summary

In Chapter 3, “Akash Speaks” (37), an Indian person named Akash, who was transitioning from male to female, waited at the Luxembourg Airport for a group of Indian students he was meant to escort to their hotel in Trier. While waiting, he saw Knut and Hiruko. He overheard them saying the word Marathi, and Knut noticed him listening. They had a brief conversation about languages and about the Umami Festival and dashi, a type of stock used in cooking. Akash found Knut charming. He took Knut and Hiruko to the Roman ruins at Porta Nigra. Hiruko mentioned the disappearance of her homeland and her concerns about being an immigrant. Akash pondered recent immigration trends in America and Europe and wondered if Hiruko was hoping to marry Knut to acquire permanent citizenship in Denmark. Akash directed Hiruko and Knut to the Karl Marx House Museum, where...