( if it makes her feel better, he's not sure what they can really plan with so little information to go on. sleeping would be the wisest course of action, it's just that the pirate really doesn't sleep that well in the best of situations, evil hand stacked with spontaneous kidnapping really isn't going to bode well. he'll sleep around the time he can't move anymore, and that's not right now. if she can manage some sleep, she should...
but of course the sheriff decides to interrogate him more. unsurprisingly.
in a lot of ways, he feels like he's already told her too much. he hadn't wanted to tell her about this at all, it's just too late now and he could be a danger and she deserves to know. still, telling her his collateral? well, that could cause her danger back in Storybrooke. there's a reason Rumpelstiltskin didn't want it out... and he really doesn't want to see Emma at risk because of what he told her.
his reluctance is marked in his face. someone is going to pay for this secret getting out, and well, the only thing that really reassures him is that the Crocodile wouldn't go after his own son's true love, not without damn good reason. people cared about Emma; well, not too many people would care about Captain Hook suffering a little. if this blows back, it'll blow back on him. Gold isn't stupid enough to go after Emma without an escape route, and he's trapped as the rest of Storybrooke. )
You realize the sort of thing the Crocodile would do to keep this a secret, Swan. ( as in he's telling her something very potentially dangerous, and as strong as Emma is? he doesn't want her tangling with the Dark One, he's already seen one woman he loves not make it out of that fight. ) He's lying to his wife, the dagger she has is false.
( really, Hook isn't sure why anyone believed that Rumpelstiltskin would give away his power in the first place. they really don't know the monster very well, the pirate is sadly not that lucky. it shows his game to get his hand back was less a request and more blackmail, everything he didn't want her to know. he can't quite look her in the eye, because he's already gotten the lecture about her not being able to trust him. he'd just earned it back, finally had a chance at her heart, and he started it on a lie. he can only guess she won't react well, and can he really blame her? he's always taking one step forward, three steps back.
he wasn't making the right choices, even before an evil hand had been reattached to his stump. )
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but of course the sheriff decides to interrogate him more. unsurprisingly.
in a lot of ways, he feels like he's already told her too much. he hadn't wanted to tell her about this at all, it's just too late now and he could be a danger and she deserves to know. still, telling her his collateral? well, that could cause her danger back in Storybrooke. there's a reason Rumpelstiltskin didn't want it out... and he really doesn't want to see Emma at risk because of what he told her.
his reluctance is marked in his face. someone is going to pay for this secret getting out, and well, the only thing that really reassures him is that the Crocodile wouldn't go after his own son's true love, not without damn good reason. people cared about Emma; well, not too many people would care about Captain Hook suffering a little. if this blows back, it'll blow back on him. Gold isn't stupid enough to go after Emma without an escape route, and he's trapped as the rest of Storybrooke. )
You realize the sort of thing the Crocodile would do to keep this a secret, Swan. ( as in he's telling her something very potentially dangerous, and as strong as Emma is? he doesn't want her tangling with the Dark One, he's already seen one woman he loves not make it out of that fight. ) He's lying to his wife, the dagger she has is false.
( really, Hook isn't sure why anyone believed that Rumpelstiltskin would give away his power in the first place. they really don't know the monster very well, the pirate is sadly not that lucky. it shows his game to get his hand back was less a request and more blackmail, everything he didn't want her to know. he can't quite look her in the eye, because he's already gotten the lecture about her not being able to trust him. he'd just earned it back, finally had a chance at her heart, and he started it on a lie. he can only guess she won't react well, and can he really blame her? he's always taking one step forward, three steps back.
he wasn't making the right choices, even before an evil hand had been reattached to his stump. )