"If they don't believe it now, they just need some time," he assures her. "People here know you're smart, and a good kid. And if someone does decide you can't be trusted based on one mistake, that's their problem."

Messing up is just... something kids do. It's not Reira's fault that her situation makes it possible for her mistakes to be a little more serious than usual. Under any remotely acceptable circumstances, leaving her room at night shouldn't have ended up being this huge a deal.

That said, though... "Just... don't put too much on yourself here, okay? Saying that you won't 'let' something happen just makes it more likely that you'll end up feeling like things going wrong are your fault when they aren't."