(I keep hearing how great Evan is and I want to properly meet him for more than five minutes–)
"Mhmm," Astral said, laughing some. He kept a sturdy hold in Simon, making sure he was in no danger of falling. Normally, he might have, no, for sure would have 'accidentally' dropped Simon, but for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to, and he was so very very confused by it. He shifted to set Simon on his shoulder when the plate was put away, one hand still holding Simon in place as he reached down to offer him the next plate.
(Okay okay, so after Simon's reborn in the old one he accidentally does something that upsets Astral, and Astral kinda reverts for a bit and yells at him, but he accidentally calls Simon 'Salmon' and he gets this dark look and next thing Simon knows he's stuck in a tank and Astral's telling him he'll get to go back to normal when he learns to behave himself)