The strike-thru on the Simone uses are all on purpose; since she’s not really named Simone, I figured a better way to show this was Simone instead of Not Simone.

I too had been wondering how Simon managed to get the blood of a virgin, but maybe it wasn’t a female virgin.

Oh, Alexa, I sense you have been reading my mind here. Yes, it doesn’t need to a female virgin…

Oh, I had some sense of where the “virgin blood” matter was going a little while ago… heh, heh. Shall I jump in or wait and see if someone else picks up on the obvious…?

Alright, I’m goin’! See ya on the ground, chums!