Hemera wasn't someone to judge people based on their pasts. She preferred to get to know people and spend time with them before passing a judgment on somebody. They might have just met, but Hemera felt like Charlie was a decent human being and would make a great friend, as well.
Val let Charles finish before speaking herself. "Oh well, these kind of friendships are always something people gossip viciously about and you just were their latest victim. Try to see it as compliment? Their lives were simply not fascinating as yours," she said encouragingly. Hemera hoped her poor attempts to lighten the mood would make him feel better... "The only important thing is that you know you weren't a paedophile." Hemera tried to smile as cheerily as possible, but secretly the girl wondered why they hadn't been aware of this negative side of making his dalliances younger than they actually were.