![]() A security officer does a deep scan of Binti’s astrolabe. She reasons that it was never going to be normal, though that would’ve been impossible after being offered a full scholarship to Oomza Uni far across the galaxy to study mathematics. Binti feels alone and unsure, and she knows her life will never be the same. ![]() Typically Himba don’t leave their ancestral land because it’s extremely important to them-that’s why they cover their bodies in otjize, which is made from clay. She’s uncomfortably aware that she looks undeniably Himba. ![]() She asks herself what she’s doing.Īt the launch port, Binti is immediately overwhelmed. ![]() As the shuttle pulls out, Binti looks back and can see her parents’ huge house, the Root, rising up out of the city. She rolled her braids in otjize that she made especially for the journey, but she knows she must look odd-she’s the only Himba on board. Binti boards the shuttle and tries not to notice her braided hair hitting people in the face. She knows that her family will be distraught when they realizes she’s gone, but by the time they figure it out, she won’t be on Earth anymore. When it does, she breathes a sigh of relief-now, she can make it to the station on time. ![]() Teenage Binti nervously pokes at her finicky transporter, praying for it to lift her luggage. ![]()
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