"Yeah." He eyes his confusion. "Lemme guess, you don't have those where you're from? The government mandates compulsory education up until you're 15. After that, though, most people keep going until at least 18, and most will go on to university - higher education, that is. University's more for... vocational type training though. School teaches basic stuff, you know - reading, writing, history, add a bit of art and exercise for proper roundedness. University, you're studying for the job you want later. But me, I want to be a magician. Suppose I could do a degree in Performing Art, but I could just as easily just start working too."

Of course, in Kaito's case it's more because he's planning on spending those years aggressively hunting down Pandora...