"Nah, nah it's not that," Much shook his head at Tuck's assumption. "I know I'm great with kids, me and Pippi are like that, man," he said, crossing his fingers. Since the incident with the worm, Pippi kept bringing him things. Bugs, mostly. (Although he'd managed to discourage her from digging up more worms because he was worried one day she'd dig up Will's tooth and be really delighted.) "It's the, you know... long term relationship thing, you kind of need one of those. And doing that with mortals, I just... I hate lying, and how often do you find someone who can handle the truth of it, right? It's just... oh man, it's a whole can of worms thing. And even with other immortals there's the whole thing where I might come back totally different if I die. And the fact that I'd get, what, fifteen years with a kid before I just look like an older brother? Nah, too hard. Too complicated."