[ Is it happily ever after? It's a life together, one they're both looking forward to - but it's life in a version of Storybrooke he's never experienced. They'll be happy because they'll be together, because they'll be a family, but that doesn't make it free of any and all complications. There's a lot they still haven't faced, things they won't get to deal with until they go home.

She believes in them (this time, she has that much down), but she knows they have a long road ahead of them. And maybe Jefferson, with his spoilers regarding the future and his knowledge that he has to go back to the unknown, might know what that feels like.] They want you to know that it's going to happen. That all of this is going to end well for you. [It's meant to be reassuring. Knowing he'll get his daughter back is supposed to be a comfort. It comes from good intentions.

It's all a matter of perspective, which is a thought she doesn't bother voicing as she picks apart her muffin. She glances up, after a moment, well aware that he never answered the question the first time. ] And being here, even though it might feel like it's putting in distance between you and your daughter, might be a chance to prepare yourself for that.