[ how terrible. see? those that even know of magic seem troubled by the idea of an existence without it. Hook himself isn't magical and knows all too well the power and danger magic represents... he could be very happy in a world without, if Emma happened to be there. problem being the savior herself was magic; even in a world without. he might have reassured her it was not so dreadful as it sounded, it just didn't seem like there was much point. ] The name is a bit misleading, magic has been brought there now.

[ only in Storybrooke, granted. she didn't need to know that, though. fact was it was no longer the Land Without. (if he knew the world was called that, he'd have just used that, but between saving town and this curse and that disaster, there has been no time for geography lessons.)

he inclines his shoulder a moment. he did figure that was the case. ] Hard to know of a forest in a world that is not your own. [ he knew of a few, yet he knew it was fairly rare for people to travel worlds. Hook had never heard the language she ran into after her introduction, yet even without understanding it he had to concede it was beautiful. ] A pleasure then, darling. Suppose I should leave you to return to my search. [ he had a crawling suspicion it would lead him to nothing — this place was Neverland, simply in a different format — yet he had to search anyway. even if it lead to nothing. ]