High fit

Secure Base describes what Bob Byrd's mother re-established by coming to him. Before the incident, Bob had an implicit secure base at home, but the shame of breaking the statue collapsed it — he ran, convinced he could not return. His mother's crawl through the mud and her declaration that her love was unbreakable rebuilt that foundation in real time. With the secure base restored, Bob could return home and face the ongoing difficulty at school from a position of confirmed belonging rather than from one of permanent rupture.