[Korra seems like 5150s are an unfamiliar concept, but also like she could ruin his day if he accidentally implies she's crazy. He picks out his words gingerly, gaze back and forth from her eyes to his shoes.]

Back home, if your family's worried about you and thinks you're going to hurt someone, or if you get into trouble... they can send you somewhere like this. They aren't always right about it, [he makes sure to follow up] but I suppose that doesn't matter once you're already there.