( as troubling as it is to have wound up in this new world with a new set of problems, Hook doesn't see this issue as the forefront. not if going to Storybrooke means Emma instantly falling into a path where they don't know the outcome. for Hook, they're both an issue, and he'd rather resolve the dark one crisis before they head back home. as he sees it, it's not changing the past, he's fixing the future. Emma shouldn't have to pay for the Dark One's mistakes. there's got to be another way, one that doesn't leave Henry without one of his mothers until they find an answer. one where he doesn't have to watch the woman he loves take on an insurmountable amount of darkness and disappear. )

Fine.

( he doesn't appreciate the lecture, and honestly, when has he ever? Hook doesn't care for being talked down to, not even from Emma. he didn't realize he was doing anything wrong by standing around as Regina made demands, but the fact is he's likely too reactive right now. it's probably impossible for him to not be bothered when everything seems to be splintering in his hands.

as long as Emma wants him to keep the dagger, then he will. if she wants it to go to Regina, he really won't have any place to argue, either. she's right, it's her name, and it's her call. as long as it's in his possession, he'll do whatever he needs to keep it safe. as much as he doesn't like Regina, he thinks she'd do about the same, but if it came down to Emma or getting back to Henry, he's not sure that Regina would do the right thing. there's not a great deal that will change his mind on that but time to know the queen has truly changed. )

Might as well keep scouting the place. There's a bay with those dreadful automobiles, might be we could take one of those to Storybrooke. If it's even here.