I was asking how old these boys were, I know that Finn is 17 and Alec is 15, how old is River? Besides, it is the conversation behind them that really hurt, not what they said, but rather that it was behind their backs instead of saying it about forehead. When I was in what you call secondary school, there were lonely boys like that, but since in the story they didn't mess with anyone and nobody messed with them, one respected them, I think my secondary school was great in that sense. each one in his world and pending of each one.