Kaylee could fix it, he was sure of it. It still wouldn't do them any good, but if she was here ...
Except, she wasn't and he wouldn't wish her here. She might be fascinated by it all, and ... well, she'd adjust quicker than he would, he'd bet. Distracted as he was with his thoughts, he barely heard the rest of what Susan was saying. "I already went to school," he said absently, unaware she might be implying something else.
Simon shifted his bag into his other hand, looking around again before he glanced over to her. "Not ... from this ... universe," he repeated. Not that he was, exactly, but it felt odd to say it. He wasn't even going to get into the matter of the boards; it was one more thing weighing down the camel's already broken back.
He just wanted to go somewhere quiet, and close his eyes until it all went away and he was back on Serenity.