Simon Hayes

Simon Hayes is Denizen's best friend in Crosscaper Orphanage and is obsessed with detective books. He is said to only do an exam if he had ink from his mother's silver fountain pen.

History
Simon stars in the first chapter and continues to have occasional PoVs across the book. He appears as Denizen is studying the letter about his aunt and tells his friend that maybe his aunt is a rich spy and is inviting him to live in a big mansion. After Denizen leaves Crosscaper and the Clockwork Three take over, he is shown as being the only orphan awake while all the other children are asleep. He manages to hide from the Three.