"Good kid" should feel condescending, maybe, but at the moment it's reassuring. Reo may be legally an adult in America, but not yet in Japan, and he's not used to thinking of himself as one, so it's comforting to know that he has one on his side for this. An experienced one, even, who went out of her way to find him and isn't just going to leave him to deal with the bomb she's dropped on his life.

The suggestion about breakfast also reminds him that he'd promised his captain he wouldn't go anywhere unfamiliar with her. That seems distant and almost irrelevant now, but a promise is a promise.

"Yes, ah - do you know Kelly's Diner, about a block from the college? If we meet early, everyone will be too tired to listen."

Because that does seem relevant - this is all supposed to be a secret, after all, isn't it?