"Your name is Reed." It's a strange combination of a question and a statement. Altena knows it's true. The professor addressed her as such. It's the implication of the name that she has questions about. She knew Linus had a brother, he told her that much, but he never mentioned anyone else that might be here.
Of course, he hadn't told her his name at first either.
And she's only spoken about Arion to him, not Leif.
Maybe it's not that strange.
"You wouldn't happen to know a Linus would you? I'm Altena, by the way."
"Hi, Altena!" Nino greets, perking up as her classmate mentions the familiar name. "Yeah, Linus is my big brother! Their family's name is Reed, and I, uh..." she trails off for a moment, before catching herself, "I mean, yup, Nino Reed, that's me!"
(She hopes it's ok that she's been introducing herself like that... Lloyd and Linus are always ok with calling them a family, but she's never asked whether she's allowed to really take on the name.)
Shaking off the uncertainty with another smile, Nino says, "Linus is a lot of fun to spend time with, right? I hope you two can be good friends! Oh, and, maybe we can be friends too!!"
