The best answer is:
<span>The word peculiar doesn't matter.
We can infer from the passage that the word peculiar means different or strange. Kali said "he looks familiar... not a bit normal", implying that peculiar means not normal. The word is clearly relevant, because it distinguishes the human child from other children. </span>
The second one since in a reflection you reflect your thoughts toward something
And how you are this is why in the end of the string is telling us a signal of friendship
Ans: Because she thinks she is not a prodigy and doesn't want to go through that humiliation again.