Simon wants to joke about the statues, but the words won't come. Apparently they're serious about keeping that bit completely secret.

Instead, he smiles weakly and pours himself a drink. "If there are any, I'm not sure I've discovered it yet. 'S training right now, mostly. I'm quite a bit younger than the other guys and I don't know as much about a lot of the political stuff, so I've got a lot of studying to do on top of my work for Uni." And after last month, he has no idea how he's even still enrolled in his program, given that the two times he did actually show up for his lectures he was drunk.

But maybe they expected that? Either way, his chances of perfectly good marks when he finally did get his degree had probably diminished quite a bit.

He smiles. "One of the other new guardians is a werewolf. D'you know him? Tall Russian guy. Doesn't exactly talk much."