Yobieli is 12 years old. He sits on a small leather stool and fumbles with his hands, interlocking his fingers and pulling them apart. There's a dark shadow of soft peach fuzz on his upper lip, and his cheeks are childishly smooth. But, his eyes look older. They take in the world around him with the measured calculation of an adult, not the innocent wonder of a child.
"I didn't discuss leaving with my family. I only talked about it with my friends," he tells me. "Because of the difficulties I was facing in my house, I decided to go alone."
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