[ His expression falls a little - although not because of anything she says. ]

I don't expect anything so ridiculous as a family. Not from you nor anyone else. In the end, all these romances amount to little more than a temporary distraction from an otherwise tedious eternity.

That does not make what I feel any less real. But you have merely to say the word and I will forget such notions. I am content enough to warm your bed when you desire it.