"Here's the deal. If you think the Roseate Spoonbill got to me? Don't give a fuck about birds. What I DO give a fuck about is trying your best every time. And so long as I am on this stage and drawing breath, you can good and goddamn believe that I'll be trying my best in every challenge. I can set my OWN standard for what success looks like, and it ALWAYS looks like trying your best."
Simon Riley's backstory was just fucked up man ...he is so miserable, creators were probably like this : do you know how 12 y/os give every single power in the universe to their werewolf/vampire/princess of darkness kind of oc? Yeah that , but replace "superpowers" with something traumatizing.