"I dunno. Knew a few girls, when I was younger, who... disappeared. Always wondered if that was my fault." Mildmay shrugs. It's something he stopped dwelling on, when it became clear he'd never know. And it cleanly avoids the question of would you ever want.

Ally, for herself, is content to curl up in a ball, in her father's lap, apparently tired from earlier exertions. Mildmay decides to introduce her properly to her 'uncle' and 'cousin' later, then.