"When you put your hand out, I thought you might be blind because blind people can't see and I thought you wanted to feel my face so you could learn what I look like." Mariko couldn't help snorting at that, and tried to cover it as a cough. That was, actually, pretty funny. She listened on to the rest of her new... Friend, she guessed? Yeah, her new friend's response. "As to why I'm here, my mom told me that this was a place where I could get the medical attention I needed while still having a normal education. I'm not used to living in the countryside though,"

"Eh, you get used to the country, after a while."

"-but this school seems nice and I can get lots of good pictures of landscapes here." 

Mariko glanced down at the camera box her companion had left on the table while she ate. It was slim for it's size, and looked sleek, black and expensive. It probably had better vision then she did. Not that that was saying much, she mentally corrected herself. So her eyesight wasn't bad, definitely. Was it a growth disorder? Would she stay chibi-sized her whole life, forever jumping to reach the top of shelves? It was a possibility, if a little unrealistic. They usually had some shoddy proportions, if she remembered correctly. And she had enough finger control to manipulate the buttons that machine had as well as chopsticks, so it definitely wasn't something with motor control. Something with the trunk, or the legs? Had she been in hospital recently? Mariko couldn't say. It was time for her to speak, so she began.

"The view is something to look out for, i'll grant you that. And there's a lovely view from the rooftop, if you can get in there. As your senior i'm obliged to say that you definitely musn't try to get around that padlock." She winked, in a manner that she hoped was conspiratorial.