Brief as that moment is, it does not pass by Regina. This person might be genuinely frightened, but she is certainly not hapless. No, that is the look of someone who has been in dangerous situations before.

Well. She might yet angle this conversation in a way that tells her something about who she's dealing with.

"Oh, I'm sure there is. There's always a way -- at least if you're a hero."

The way she spits out the word hero is sincere, a hint to her difficult relationship with the word. After all, a long time ago, she'd aspired to be what you'd call a Good Person. And she's been trying, recently, to get there again, but the world is apparently set on kicking her in the teeth for it.