Alex you can't just go around hugging demons! Simon stiffens at first, partly out of confusion and partly because he knows that later if Alex ruminates on this too much she's going to be even more upset. Really, he's more worried about her than himself, which is probably how he got himself into this mess to begin with. Simon's not used to being hugged so it takes him some time to react but eventually he does lean into her just barely, a returned hug without the arms because she doesn't need that imagery to haunt her nightmares with.

If there is going to be any saving him Geneva might be their only chance. Geneva, and Thomas Warren's machines. Simon still didn't want her to go. Too much was at stake if she did. If things went south, if Richard fucked it up and fell right into Warren's trap as he's very liable to do then it's all over. At the same time... they have to do something. Because hiding and denying the reality wasn't going to work anymore.

Again he taps his claws together twice, quietly. He'd rather she not go, but the quiet protest wasn't particularly insistent anymore. Seems Simon has accepted that his protest is going to be ignored and there isn't much point in arguing with her about it. He just can't voice anything more than a yes or no, which really made holding a nuanced conversation difficult.

He knows she's going. He's just going to have to up his game in keeping her safe.