"We'll tell her," he said, trying to ease Poe's anxiety. "We'll tell her the whole plan. Even if she doesn't want to marry us because of- of- because of the usual reason, then we can at least spin this in her favor. She might agree to that. And if she doesn't, we'll figure something else out."

The previous plan was to just wait and see. They could always just fall back on that. Though, now that Poe's put the thought in his mind, it was hanging on pretty tightly.