[ Right, Stede is from before people know about things about brain development and what alcohol does to children. Bad gambit. She tries not to take the fact she's baby-faced personally. ]

I'm sixteen. Back home, you're not allowed hard spirits until you're eighteen at least. And I don't want to drink. Not now and not if I get older.

[ She wasn't even thinking about her phrasing, her worries about the subject slipping out unconsciously. Darcy's glad he's not putting up as much of a fight now, and guides him towards the cabins. ]