[Rin smiles and shakes her head.]

I chose to go to high school when I could have skipped it because I wanted a social life, but I always had to take care to keep my classmates at a distance for both our sakes.

[What with that secret of hers on the wall. If they learned she was a mage, it would end badly.]

I have a few friends, but we're not close. I don't think any of them actually know when my birthday is.