Simon is very well wrapped. He's been hopelessly in (puppy) love with Skip since Christmas, and the 'casual fuckbuddy' status of their friendship is starting to wear on him. Skip's asking him on a semi-normal date set his poor little heart all a-flutter and he can't believe his good luck right now. He doesn't even suspect that she might have an ulterior motive for all this.

"No, it's interesting," he protests. "I came into this community pretty late, and even after I did I tried to avoid it as much as possible. I didn't grow up learning about the Night Council. I work for them and there's still plenty of shit I don't know."