After meeting the other guys...
Andrej: "It still shocks me that hardly any of the youths attending this academy are married, or even engaged...but I suppose age and race may be a factor in courtship..."
Dude: "Uh...you aren't engaged...?"
Andrej: "...I lack in our clan's magic, so I'm not marriage material till I gain a skill or role of considerable worth..." ;-; <(*forever alone*)