Before long a door opened nearby, a square of yellow light in the dark night, as the monk looked outside. "Ah Kakoa my young friend," the monk greeted the merman, coming out to join him. Once the old man had sat on a bench before Kakoa's slab of rock, Kakoa began to explain his visit. The old man listened as the merman talked about the curse and Alice and how he wanted, no needed, to find a way to break the curse so they could have a life together. "The curse must be broken for sure," the old man said with a nod. "It will take time and research though, for I know not how to break this curse right off."