"I have a plan", he said to her instead. Not having the courage to say what he had to say. "When you're older, you're going to live here in the Moors with me. Then we can look after each other", he said instead of the truth. This plan was better so to avoid the curse. "You see, you don't have to wait until you're older, you could live here now", he said with a light smirk.