Oh. We would have, then. I didn't start here until my first year of American high school.

[That makes him brighten some as he circles them back around. Even the friends he went to school with then aren't actually his own age anymore, so that's a bit of luck.

Though then he quiets some at Labrys' last comment. He knows well enough not to press a new student about their background if they don't volunteer - the answer's usually not a happy one - but still:]

This place feels like home to me too, now, though. Everyone looks out for each other here.