Je suis nous. XqbAUh03 et moi. That is the name of my/our Duolingo avatar, christened when I was a cis-singular and made the decision to refresh my never-all-that-fluent French. We are on Lesson dix-huit. We are in competition, also a surprise, with faceless others on the site, most of whom have earthly names like Beatrice and Farley, for some unspecified glory. We are currently in 17th place which, as much as Duolingo slavers on positive feedback, (“10 in a row!” “You’re crushing it!”) is not overwhelmingly impressive. We don’t know which one of us is holding us back but we promettons faire l’effort to buckle down and climb the ladder.