Hira really wants to find a charismatic or empathetic boy who everyone else is falling for- that's the kind of person that's on her level. Failing that, she'll gladly spend her recuperation time getting to know an interesting girl- Hira is expecting most of the competent students to be girls. This person- might be a the kind of boy she's looking for? Or this person might be a girl. Hira isn't sure how she's supposed to guess, when everyone's hair is short- it was bad enough cutting off as much of hers as she did. If this is a boy, she can get started right away. If not, she can take some time to chat.
"Hey, stranger," she tries in English. "Is English good?"