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[blanketed]

Look. It was bad enough when you'd just brought me here, when it was hypothetical, but this? The potential "game shopping?" Kid, I've been here long enough to know how it works. You put us all in danger, more people get hurt, and I'm not just going to sit by and let that happen.

... Yeah, the savior bit. You didn't have to remind me. But that was there, and this... isn't. There.

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[unhappily]

You can't save every world, Miss Swan. [ mocking you? never. ] Although if you'd like to go try setting your sights on another one, you're more than welcome to take your leave of ours.

[blanketed]

[ Oh, look, it's everyone's favorite royal bizatch. ]

I'm not leaving Storybrooke. [ So get over it. ] And I'm not saving worlds, here, I'm just... doing what I can.

[unhappily]

Funny. If you ask most people in this town, you're a bonafide hero.

[blanketed]

Well, you won't hear me saying it.

What do you want, Regina?

[unhappily]

Just a few friendly words of advice, that's all.

[blanketed]

If that's your idea of advice, then you should probably try again.

[unhappily]

I'm not really in the habit of offering empty comfort, if that's what you're looking for.

[theboywiththebook]

[Oh Emma, when will you have faith?]

That's not true, mom. I know you can do it. You're able to protect everyone.

[blanketed]

[ Probably... never o'clock. >: ]

I know you think that. [ She ducks down to his level, looking sympathetic, forever sorry to the boy she gave up. ] But, Henry... I'm just one person. I can only do so much.

[theboywiththebook]

[Emma, please, just do it.]

This is how the hero always feels at the low point though. It's only a matter of time until you pick yourself up again and you fight back!

[blanketed]

Henry, I'm not a hero. [ There's that pleading to her voice, the one she uses when she realizes he'll never she her for the normal, unheroic person that she is. ] You were right about the curse, about everything, but-- I'm just not the type.

[ Not good at being the savior, she means. Even if that's what she is. ]

[theboywiththebook]

[Why won't Emma believe in herself like he does?]

But you are! You broke the curse and you saved me. You are a hero...you, you just need to realize that!

[blanketed]

[ Because then she wouldn't be the Emma that Gotham needs. ]

I'm working on it. [ Sorta. ] ... Thanks.

[ She says that genuinely, though. Just for him. ]

[undealt]

Manages to make herself out to be just as much a hero as her parents in two worlds and yet still no confidence in her abilities.

[blanketed]

I never said I was a hero. I'm just trying to get by in this... place. Whatever it is.

[undealt]

For someone who claims to not be a hero, Miss Swan, you suit the part rather well. Most people don't put dragon slaying in their itineraries.

[blanketed]

That was to save Henry, and you know it. I wouldn't have done it otherwise. I was barely able to as it is.

[undealt]

Well, if we're going by a practical definition, aren't most mothers heroes to their own children? In the end, that's what matters.

[blanketed]

... Yeah. [ She say, hesitantly, because. Gold. ]

But, that says nothing about having to have confidence.

[unvarnished]

Hey, if you play your cards right, you might just get to kick back here with me.

[blanketed]

[ Snerk. ]

Oh, yeah? And where's that?

[unvarnished]

In this place right here. No games, no horrible things happening. Just coming and going as you please.

[blanketed]

[ Hey, that--... Doesn't sound too bad. Huh. ]

Do they normally just let us run around this place? Without consequences?

[unvarnished]

I wouldn't say there are no consequences.

[blanketed]

Figured. [ Huff. ] Can I get a pros and cons list?