[Quite frankly, Simon has already lost Fenris. A compound in a laboratory? The only labs he has ever seen and been in weren't housing sugar.
He huffs, because that's what he does when he doesn't understand things. It's frustrating.]
I'm sure it's something utterly foolish. [So if anything he guesses after this is wrong, he can almost be certain that's correct.] If they're not looking for a kind father figure or some kind of...sugar artisan...perhaps it is slang for something illegal.
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He huffs, because that's what he does when he doesn't understand things. It's frustrating.]
I'm sure it's something utterly foolish. [So if anything he guesses after this is wrong, he can almost be certain that's correct.] If they're not looking for a kind father figure or some kind of...sugar artisan...perhaps it is slang for something illegal.
[Illegal things always have stupid names.]
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[Simon's nose scrunches up into a little ball.]
He did try to sell me drugs once... Oh, oh, I got it!
[He is... A little Too Proud of the conclusion he's come to.]
A supplier! He's looking for a supplier, of course! That would explain all the coded chemistry nonsense...
It all makes sense now! That's gotta be it.