[It stings. The comment about luck. Because it hits a chord he isn't even aware exists in her. It snaps her mouth shut for a moment, that's for sure. Her voice is a little softer when she speaks next.]

I'm sorry.

[Mostly, it was a kneejerk reaction to the assumption she had no family here. And the whole thing is really rather deeply complicated, considering her mother has been dead since she was a baby, but... she's not going to get into all that with a stranger.]

I'm Ciri. [She offers a little abruptly.] And I get that...more than you could possibly know. Wanting a say in what's happening to you. I don't know school works in this Sphere, this is my first day, but...could you work instead of going to school? Plenty of people do that where I'm from.