That's a very big 'may', this may have been unavoidable from the start. Perhaps the specific circumstances would have changed, but at the end of the day Alex, like the rest of them, had been chosen. She may not have remembered her childhood "friend" but that didn't mean the facts weren't still there. There was more to the story yet uncovered.

The universe sure does like toying with them. Simon almost had to wonder if there was a reason he was from so much further in the future than the both of them. Hell, he could be lying, but Alex knows he doesn't usually do that. If he does it's for a very specific reason. Keeping Warren of their backs mostly.

"Something that will help you in your investigation. One of the key pieces tying everything together." Simon now is not the time to be mysterious. It's a hard habit to drop, even if he isn't feeling as compelled to do it as he normally would be. That, and it's kind of funny.