I would think that poor Gerhard, having to work alongside Sim day after day after day after day probably had a serious need to take ten years off to return to the real world. He clearly made enough to retire on & good for him because it’s clear he not only worked his butt off art-wise, he probably had to listen to endless homophobic, misogynist & quasi-religious dogma while doing so. I don’t know if I could’ve endured all of that for art OR lifetime security. He must be a Zen Master.