He took Dylan's face into his hand and got closer. "I'm not going to plan. I'm not going to bring you with me. I'm not going to fight him. I'm getting a cure, and I won't risk your lives over some silly idea that we can fight this. I told Sirius, and he understands. He's the one person that didn't have a problem with what I'm planning on doing."
He sighed, and moved back again. "There is no other way, Dylan, and you're not going to die because I'm too much of a coward to do what I have to. You can... you tell my dad that I'm doing what I have to, and it's fine, I'm fine. You make him understand that. That's what you can do for me."