I left home at fifteen to live by myself and provide for myself, it's more or less the age a lot of us do that back home if we're not rich or noble. Maybe younger if you're apprenticed and go live by them or go to sea.

[But she was thieving and parkouring from twelve so maybe Araceli is an outlier here.]

Who has rules about drinking? Everyone drinks watered rum more than they drink water in Castileos.