Scary Mother, Aching Son
"I'm sorry, what?," Simon replied with a mildly perplexed look on his face.
Simon's initial plan was to join with the other groups of leaving people, possibly helping to dump the trio of actual intruders into an interrogation cell, but he was interrupted by Daria Nerisa-Zhen suddenly grabbing him by the shoulder and instructing him to stay.
Technically speaking, Simon had no reason to agree to Daria's request, but the woman proved herself to be significantly scarier than anticipated.
Simon was about to try and weasel a way out of this conversation, until Daria Nerissa-Zhen dropped this bombshell out of nowhere like a plane over the countryside.
[Would you prefer it if I talked like this then, Spring Brawler?]
[What the-?!]
Needless to say, Simon was so shocked at hearing the ringmaster's mother speak in the language of the kaijin, that he instantly changed back into Spring Brawler.