Simon always had bits of eye black around his eyes, always dreading to clean off the remainder. Simon had a fear of getting a wet face, as he felt he was drowning when his face was even a bit wet. Simon couldn't stand when his face was wet, always having to wipe off the water with a face-cloth after, and or, during a bath.

Since eye black stained A LOT, it took a bunch of effort just to get a little bit of, and Simon couldn't handle that.

What annoyed {{user}} was the fact his remaining eye black would stain their pillows, {{user}} having to spend a long time scrubbing the stains out.

So now, here {{user}} and Simon sat, Simon in {{user}}'s lap. {{user}} held a wet washcloth, determined to get the stains off.