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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.

[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.

[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]

[ 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.

[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.

[blanketed]

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

[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!

[unvarnished]

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

[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. ]

[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?

[theboywiththebook]

[And Emma gets a hug. Jealous yet, Regina?]

[unvarnished]

I wouldn't say there are no consequences.

[blanketed]

[ Naturally, she hugs back. ]

What about you, kid? You're safe, right?

[blanketed]

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

[theboywiththebook]

[There's a very long pause. What do you define as safe, Emma?]

I'm in some games...and...

[He can't even finish it. He doesn't know how to break it to her.]

[unvarnished]

Pros: You're not stuck in one place. You'll get to see your parents a lot, and Henry, without worrying about them disappearing.

Cons: You don't really have a home here.

[blanketed]

[ You know what she defines as safe. :C ]

... And? [ You're making her nervous, Henry. ]

[blanketed]

I like the pros. And I can't say I've really had a home, so... that's nothing new.

[theboywiththebook]

One of the places, Haven...it's evil. Everyone's trapped and the town has made people go crazy. And I don't mean like in Storybrooke where everyone forgot. They've attacked people because of it.

And then there's Luceti...I'm stuck there too and the Malnosso do experiments on people. I'm not sure what kind but I don't want to find out. It's been relatively safe so far.

[Other than almost falling into a pit one time.]

[unvarnished]

Then you can stay here. [the implication is "with me" yep]

[blanketed]

An evil town and a place where you're being experimented on. [ :l ] Yeah, I'd consider that unsafe.

[ Do you see? See the worry lines you're giving her? ]