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[makeitwork]

Tick tock, Barge.

Do you feel it yet?

How many lives are you holding in your heads now? Numbers. I want to know who has the most. And how many more do you think you can take before you crack?

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[love_slave]

You know, I've been through a lot worse than this place and I'm still sane. But aside from that isn't very nice to say to people when you know some of them are badly hurt by it. You shouldn't want to hurt them just because you're hurting. None of us are warned about it, the ones that are brought her or the ones that come here.

I talked to the Admiral. I want to talk to you about it.

[makeitwork]

Then talk.

[love_slave]

I asked if you graduated, if you could be near your daughter instead of Wonderland. He said yes.

It's not a cure for the curse- I'm trying to find ways to help with that now. But it's a start.

[makeitwork]

Near as in Storybrooke? As in where I was before I got dragged here?

How thoughtful of him.

[love_slave]

You still will be with her. And being closer to her with some ideas on how to help is a good start.

[makeitwork]

I told you, only Emma can break the curse.

[love_slave]

Yes, but that doesn't mean there's not something that can still be done. Even if you can't break the curse, you might be able to help in another way. You have an advantage no one else does, you can remember.

[makeitwork]

It's a curse. It's one I would never inflict on my daughter.

[love_slave]

But you have to be careful, too. Because someone can break the curse- even if we can't find a way to fix it now, the other person can, and your daughter will need you back as a good father.

[makeitwork]

[... he never thought about Emma breaking the curse while he was here D:]

Everything I've done has been for her.

[love_slave]

I know. I wish my parents had been half as dedicated.

But how much of it do you want her to hear that you've done?

[makeitwork]

Stop.

[love_slave]

But it's true.

At least try to help me look for some alternatives.

[makeitwork]

[No it isn't not it isn't you don't understand shut up :c]

I have... looked. And I can't make it work. You don't know. You aren't listening.

[love_slave]

I am listening. You're assuming I won't understand so you don't tell me everything. You've tried, but you try the same things over and over again like there's no alternative. And you push people, but you don't trust anyone but you to even try to help.

I only have half the story. You need to tell me the whole one.

[makeitwork]

It has to be Emma. She's true love's child and true love can break any curse. But Emma is too damaged to understand. Emma sees and refuses to believe. I won't tell my daughter before then. And the last thing she'll remember of me is breaking my promise to come home. Because I never did. The Queen cut off my head. People call me the Mad Hatter.

Is that what you want to hear?

[love_slave]

I don't want to hear it, but I need to, and what led up to it. It makes sense that love breaks curses that hate starts.

I think she won't care as long as she has you, when she remembers. You shouldn't deprive her of that.

[makeitwork]

Didn't you just tell me I'm not good enough for her?

[love_slave]

I said you should do things she should be proud of.

I'll tell you a story, too. A long time ago there was a very little girl, who wasn't very pretty at all. Her parents realized that she wouldn't grow up to bring them much money, so it wouldn't be worth keeping her. The little girl had done nothing wrong, but they sold her anyway before they lost any of their money.

And even after that little girl was grown up, and people told her that she was one of the most beautiful people they had ever known, she still wished that she had been loved in the first place.

It's not a very happy ending, but you have a lot of love in you to give, Jefferson. I can see that. That's what breaks curses. Hate is what starts them. Every single person I asked told me that.

[makeitwork]

You sound like a fairytale. [Ahaha ignoring all of that stop talking sense :c]