"Not at all," he said. "In fact if you like, I'll show you my true form. For the moment though, I am a Shade, of Starside." Formal manners kicked in and he added, "I am called Jackson, grandson of Nancy, son of Christopher and Isobel, brother of Miranda and Charlotte, father to none and grandfather to none." And never would be, if the gods were merciful.

Though Pip could make you want a child. Pip could make you want anything.