[Emma hasn't had nearly enough time with a supposedly dead man to digest it properly. What she had was a few minutes, followed by a rude interruption that forced all of them into action. She needs more than that; more time, more of an explanation, but she's afraid that if they do get one they won't like it. As happy as she is to see him, she knows that Neal was gone, dead and buried, and that the grief and the loss they all felt was real. There's no undoing what they went through, so technically, there's no possible way he should be here with them.
She just keeps coming back to the thought that he is, he's right in front of them - a little irritated at Killian and a little worse for wear, but alive. Even if this is some kind of curse, they already have more than they did before it was cast. Getting home might be a bitch, but if they can pull it off, then they'll all be better for it. This place is an unknown and it has her tense and dreading what's to come, because it's obviously going to get worse before it gets better. It doesn't feel like a trick, or a simple misunderstanding. Whatever's keeping them in the hotel is powerful, and every instinct she has is telling her that whatever magic brought them here is dark and dangerous - but this isn't their first time dealing with something like that.
If it's Neverland: the sequel, then they need to be smarter here than they were there.
For the few seconds that she lets them greet each other, Emma is turning all of it over, trying to find pieces that align with so many that just don't. She almost misses Killian's comment of extra, but her eyes narrow to it and she tilts her gaze in his direction, wanting details that it's too soon to ask for. What was all of that bullshit about Gold being a changed man, then? ]
Most people aren't from Storybrooke. Some are familiar to each other, like us, but most aren't even from the same world. And it seems like we all got the same crappy wakeup call, too.
[The only patterns so far are in how they're being dealt with, not where they're from.]
I'm guessing there's no sign of my parents, or Henry? Neal said he ran into Re-
[Gina, but Emma leaves that question hanging in the air, abruptly turning her attention from Killian to Neal. If there's one thing he needs to know, it's that things aren't the way they were when he died. They've made progress, defeated Zelena, and...]
Did she tell you about Henry? He remembers you, Neal. He misses you.
[It's news that might be as bad as it is good, but it's important. Things didn't work out the way they should have, and fighting Zelena shouldn't have cost Neal his life. He should have had a chance to be a father, to watch Henry grow up for the few years he has left of being a kid...but it wasn't for all for nothing. They did what they could to set things right. His son remembers him, and he loves him. He needs to know that.]
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She just keeps coming back to the thought that he is, he's right in front of them - a little irritated at Killian and a little worse for wear, but alive. Even if this is some kind of curse, they already have more than they did before it was cast. Getting home might be a bitch, but if they can pull it off, then they'll all be better for it. This place is an unknown and it has her tense and dreading what's to come, because it's obviously going to get worse before it gets better. It doesn't feel like a trick, or a simple misunderstanding. Whatever's keeping them in the hotel is powerful, and every instinct she has is telling her that whatever magic brought them here is dark and dangerous - but this isn't their first time dealing with something like that.
If it's Neverland: the sequel, then they need to be smarter here than they were there.
For the few seconds that she lets them greet each other, Emma is turning all of it over, trying to find pieces that align with so many that just don't. She almost misses Killian's comment of extra, but her eyes narrow to it and she tilts her gaze in his direction, wanting details that it's too soon to ask for. What was all of that bullshit about Gold being a changed man, then? ]
Most people aren't from Storybrooke. Some are familiar to each other, like us, but most aren't even from the same world. And it seems like we all got the same crappy wakeup call, too.
[The only patterns so far are in how they're being dealt with, not where they're from.]
I'm guessing there's no sign of my parents, or Henry? Neal said he ran into Re-
[Gina, but Emma leaves that question hanging in the air, abruptly turning her attention from Killian to Neal. If there's one thing he needs to know, it's that things aren't the way they were when he died. They've made progress, defeated Zelena, and...]
Did she tell you about Henry? He remembers you, Neal. He misses you.
[It's news that might be as bad as it is good, but it's important. Things didn't work out the way they should have, and fighting Zelena shouldn't have cost Neal his life. He should have had a chance to be a father, to watch Henry grow up for the few years he has left of being a kid...but it wasn't for all for nothing. They did what they could to set things right. His son remembers him, and he loves him. He needs to know that.]