[That's right... Ritsuka is a couple of years older than most of them. Hmmm... She stretches out again, hands reaching up and out for more cat.]

There are other kinds of school, aren't there? [Like, actually, she's really asking, because she thinks there must be other ways for people to continue learning even after they've "grown out" of regular schooling.] But only if you want to, of course! ... School sure seems like it would be a lot of work.