It took Kiri a while to figure out what Professor Lupa was talking about. But when understanding dawned, it dawned like a supernova.

Hold on.

Befriend other boys to... make Raiden jealous or something? But she wouldn't be able to do that! She was friends with people she liked, not because of some ulterior motive. Besides, apart from the boy outside - whose name was Lavi apparently - she wasn't sure she'd ever met all those people the professor had talked about.

Completely bemused, Kiri simply nodded and said, "Erm, sure... Call him in." Professor Lupa seemed to know what she was doing, which was more than Kiri could say for herself right now. And he had appeared nice enough (from what she could tell after a five-second conversation), if a little shy - just like Kiri had been.