Simon looks perplexed and somewhat uncomfortable when she says they both care about him. He's a bit too put off guard to even argue. He knows that Alex does but Alex cares about everyone but Strand? That was a ludicrous idea at best. He's very nearly about to pull something like a goodbye, alex moment but he doesn't yet.

"You really shouldn't invite people to other people's dinners," he settles on saying instead. "But, I don't have any particulars with food." He's not been fond of greasy foods that he's encountered but other than that he can't seem to understand the priority that so many seem to put on something that's merely a necessity to survive and they somehow make it like a hobby.