"My thanks, sir," Simmons replies cheerfully, with an edge of teasing in it. She's still a bit tipsy, really, from everything but the world is swimming in such a nice way that she isn't sure she can be upset about it. "I met him," she says, stars in her eyes. "He's very dreamy, exactly what I expected. I felt a flare of patriotism and I'm the furthest thing you can get from being an American."