Hiro knows how that feels. Would Hiro have made friends if he'd stayed in his grade like normal? Maybe not. But constantly skipping upwards and eventually getting to high school around nine or ten sure made sure he wouldn't get anything. His barrier had been his intelligence, not a supernatural Dark Hour, but a barrier it was all the same.

"Training?" asks Hiro, his expression curious. "For SEES? Or ..." He means Shinjiro, but he doesn't want to say it out loud.