Hook refuses to think of this as their chance that they didn't get in reality. That some cosmic force is letting them ease old wounds so Hook can go on living, his regrets selfishly pacified from getting along for a few weeks when a man that arguably deserved life far more went back to an early grave. That wasn't how it worked. The pirate felt like he might never be able to make proper amends in an entire lifetime of trying. If Neal wanted him to garner some peace for his mistakes he was going to need to sign up for a far longer time investment.
The pirate has had this conversation with Emma as well. Really, his gut inclination is the same as Neal's. Why suspect technology when he's seen magic do absolutely everything they've been forced to experience here, from disappearing doors to frigid halls to visions of ghosts? Still, as quick as he is to knee-jerk to magic, because isn't it always magic. . . do they really know it's that easy?
"Nobody with a lick of magic can get it to work. The range of this is like nothing we've witnessed before. Could be magic, could be some bit of technology, could be something in the food that has us seeing things that aren't there." Hook can see both sides of the argument, honestly, it's just at this point he's not sure he knows if understanding why is really going to change anything. "The important bit is it isn't real. That girl you're seeing, she's not there. It's just an attempt to get in your head, and we have to remember not to let it."
Something he'd struggled with, soundly, when all this started. He really couldn't help himself, because flashes of his ghosts put him straight back into the poisonous mindset he'd kept festering in back in Neverland. Neal is lucky he caught him after Emma found him first and screwed his head straight again, or the pirate would be a sleep deprived, useless mess. This version of him is at least rested, trying to stay above what he can't quite ignore, though it's far from easy.
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The pirate has had this conversation with Emma as well. Really, his gut inclination is the same as Neal's. Why suspect technology when he's seen magic do absolutely everything they've been forced to experience here, from disappearing doors to frigid halls to visions of ghosts? Still, as quick as he is to knee-jerk to magic, because isn't it always magic. . . do they really know it's that easy?
"Nobody with a lick of magic can get it to work. The range of this is like nothing we've witnessed before. Could be magic, could be some bit of technology, could be something in the food that has us seeing things that aren't there." Hook can see both sides of the argument, honestly, it's just at this point he's not sure he knows if understanding why is really going to change anything. "The important bit is it isn't real. That girl you're seeing, she's not there. It's just an attempt to get in your head, and we have to remember not to let it."
Something he'd struggled with, soundly, when all this started. He really couldn't help himself, because flashes of his ghosts put him straight back into the poisonous mindset he'd kept festering in back in Neverland. Neal is lucky he caught him after Emma found him first and screwed his head straight again, or the pirate would be a sleep deprived, useless mess. This version of him is at least rested, trying to stay above what he can't quite ignore, though it's far from easy.