I don't think that's all it is.

[Here, he avoids eye contact.]

When people talk or experience awful things together... It's like a bond.

[An incredibly traumatic one, but unfortunately, it's all Simon knows. Without thinking, his own hand hovers over his heart.]

The worse you both feel, the stronger it gets. Y'know, provided that uh, you're both there for each other. Through thick n' thin.

[Oh. Now he's beginning to feel sad.]

They're probably tryin' to get us to work as a team.