[Cue a quick glance from Simon who is... Bad at people but not missing that beat. Daddy issues, much? Maybe. It would explain some of the crankiness.]
Okay, so!
[For someone who supposedly doesn't trust adults, Simon seems markedly comfortable around Fenris. Maybe it was the fact that the other hadn't been too shaken up about Simon's awful behavior during their first meeting, or maybe it was the fact that he was a really cool elf man who could do impressive Fight Stuff.]
I think I've got it narrowed down to a few hypotheses. The first being-
Maybe it's some kinda slang for the head of a pharmaceutical company? Sugar is a compound that can be easily constructed in most laboratory settings, and... It is like, one of the most basic of basic compounds, so... I guess that makes sense?
[Simon utters a confused murmur. Whimper-murmur. A somewhat unintelligible noise.]
[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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Date: 2021-03-02 10:32 pm (UTC)[Cue a quick glance from Simon who is... Bad at people but not missing that beat. Daddy issues, much? Maybe. It would explain some of the crankiness.]
Okay, so!
[For someone who supposedly doesn't trust adults, Simon seems markedly comfortable around Fenris. Maybe it was the fact that the other hadn't been too shaken up about Simon's awful behavior during their first meeting, or maybe it was the fact that he was a really cool elf man who could do impressive Fight Stuff.]
I think I've got it narrowed down to a few hypotheses. The first being-
[Goddamn you, Kavinksy and your utter shamelessness?]
Maybe it's some kinda slang for the head of a pharmaceutical company? Sugar is a compound that can be easily constructed in most laboratory settings, and... It is like, one of the most basic of basic compounds, so... I guess that makes sense?
[Simon utters a confused murmur. Whimper-murmur. A somewhat unintelligible noise.]
But then why the parental metaphor...?
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Date: 2021-03-04 01:48 am (UTC)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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Date: 2021-03-04 02:04 am (UTC)[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.