Is he sure he doesn't want to be a statue of a mermaid that weeps - lymph, this time, it is apparently happy to offer him lymph. Would he like to vanish for thirty years and then reappear with pointy teeth, purple eyes, and chickpeas for nipples? Would he like to be obliged to subsist on a diet of nothing but spinach and honey? Would he like to have transparent skin around his joints and for this to reveal complicated and attractive clockwork with gears and springs?