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No. The answer is no. That man, the one you think is so damned charming? Is what lost me both the love of my life and Grace. I have no desire to go back to being him. Not now. Not ever.

NO!

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Charming or not, you can't deny that you were a bit less...irritable back then.

Oh I'm so sorry.

How about this. How about we let you spend twenty eight years remembering everything you lost, all you traded screwing over Regina for, and being able to see it and not have it. How well balanced and calm would you b... Oh wait. Nevermind.

At least you were still yourself. You didn't end up making any decisions you'll regret.

Funny how I still did.

Wait, which do you regret? I'm curious.

I worked with Regina.

[and that is all he's saying on that matter]

Oh. Well. If we’re going to have a guiltfest over that, I think all of the town but Charming and his missing family would be involved. Or nearly so.

Interesting choice of words: guiltfest. I think it would be more up your alley than mine.

I have Grace back. I can make amends.

You?

One way or another, I'm getting back home.

You know what you have to do. If I had to guess, the one in the town with a portal would be Gold. Start there.

[a grumpy sigh.]

I can never figure out that man's agenda.

I don't think anyone ever has. I think if any one of us could figure out just what he wants and supply it, we could have the world as he knows it.

[ a low whistle ]

Losing love and grace, eh? Sounds like someone's having a bad week.

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Try a bad life. My own mistake but I am working to fix that. Why I do not want to return to the man I was. I can't put jumping before my family.

Oh, so we're on a notable quest of redemption then. Good luck with that, the road's always on the bumpier sides for those ones.

Not quite. I'm on a quest to not lose my daughter and not risk her with my actions again. I don't want to be redeemed. I want the life I had back.

So, who do you want to be?

Myself. The father I've been for years. I gave up portal jumping.

You gave up portal jumping for your daughter?

Not exactly the best lifestyle for racing a kid, do you think?

No, no, a child should have roots - a base. Stability.

Yeah well... that would be the idea. Just have to remember that you can't always provide it like you want to.

So you'll find other means, won't you? [ and there's a wary glance. ] Since you're no longer in the business of portal jumping.

Even if I still wanted to jump, they destroyed the portal.

I have Grace now. I will find a way back home. Isn't that what everyone's trying to do?

But magic only takes us so far nowadays. Not even Rumplestiltskin can take a step outside of this town without forgetting.

Yet. If there's somewhere that they went, with the portal, then there's somewhere for us to go. Somewhere closer to what we had.

For all of you, you've been in this prison what? A few weeks? I've been in it for twenty-eight years and I'm done.

[ on one hand, she has her memories in tact. on the other hand, as ruby, she didn't have the wolf problem. ]

Of course we all want to find a way back home. It won't do us any good if we all try to work independently.

We assume. You never know.

Of course, I'm not willing to follow Charming and his plans. They aren't the same as ours. All he cares about is finding his family, not a way home for everyone.

You really think that Charming's that selfish?

I know what I would do, as a father. He's that now, first and foremost.

He's also a ruler and acting sheriff. If anything, he needs to ask for more help if he truly wants everyone to return home.

Yes. Acting sheriff. In a town truly run by Regina and Gold. I see this going beautifully.

He needs to look into a way for everyone to go home, not to find his wife and daughter. I do not believe he is doing the former. That means it's up to us.

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