We have all seen the scenario of 'Simon just woke up on Erid/the Hail Mary and he's confused and defensive and possibly even violent', but consider:
Erid and the Hail Mary both have synthesized painkillers, Simon has probably never been on so much as Tylenol before, and someone missing an arm would get a dosage high enough to knock out an elephant
First Grace/Simon meeting:
Hello, I am putting my money where my mouth is
https://archiveofourown.org/works/88666371/chapters/235259491

















