I agree with this.Originally posted by: flamingoAK
It's fear, vulnerability, not being able to think straight and all of it combined. He doesn't want to hurt others or have them go through the same pain he is going through. I get both his and your points.
And I think he had a plan. If in the end they were left with nothing, he would have had to tell Ranisa. But the way he said "I am going to do something big", he had a plan brewing in his mind.