When the small guy is the big guy

It started off like any normal travel day.

Get up, hustle through morning traffic to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), put on a game face as one goes through the first vehicular security check at the main entrance, reset the game face as one goes through the second security check at the entrance to Terminal 1D, then reboot the by‑now non‑existent game face as one goes through the third security check at Terminal 1D, and finally sit in blessed relief on a plastic chair sipping coffee.