"A pig?" he asked, stopping excitedly. "Show me!" he demanded instantly, but then he remembered his manners, and knew Daphee might not be happy at him for talking like that. "Please?" he added, trying to sound sweet now. He really wanted to see her turn her nose into a pig's. Then he wanted to try.
"Nigel is Daphee's son. He's my brother now, coz Daphee is 'dopting me, and Daddy is 'dopting Nigel. He's nearly one. There he is!" He pointed to where he saw Nigel and Daddy and Daphee. Nigel was determined to keep walking, and was getting frustrated that his little legs were getting tired as he kept falling over. Liam chuckled.
"But you can change the colour of your hair, and change your face," he said, trying to make her feel better about not being a good flyer. "But if you're a water nymph then 'haps you just like to be near the water, eh?"
When she asked if he had a toy broom, he giggled. "I have a real one. Daddy made it special. It flies as fast as I want it to, and I can fly as high as the rooftop on the manor." He was proud that he could do that. "But only when Daddy is there. 'M not allowed to do that on my own." He couldn't wait until he was old enough to be on the broom alone. He wanted to fly down over the cliff to the beach at Bletchley Manor, really fast and on his own, just like when Daddy took him down there.