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[alionsheart]

I recently departed Wonderland and then returned. [ Which has happened to many people, he knows, and it's not the first time it happened to him. ] Shortly before returning here to Wonderland, I seem to have had a few adventures I can't recall. I was curious how many others here have ever been afflicted by frequent bouts of amnesia? Outside of Wonderland, that is. [ Is this just a thing they're all fated to deal with constantly just because they live in Storybrooke? ]

It's disconcerting, to say the least.

[ And he's been separated from his son again. He's so grateful to have had the chance to see him again after so long, but it makes the ache for him that much stronger. So he switches gears.] In my return home, I had the good fortune to see my son again. I miss him terribly. I wondered as well if many of you have children you've been separated from? [ At the very least, it can help to commiserate with others sometimes. ]

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[alionsheart]

[ Oh, well there's a familiar face, one he's quite happy to see. ]

Belle! It's good to see you again. [ He smiles softly at her. ] We'd just arrived at Camelot and then we woke up at Granny's Diner, back in Storybrooke. I don't remember our time spent at Camelot at all. What...do you last recall?

[a_chipped_cup]

And you! I'm glad that you are safe. [And here, oddly. It's wonderful to see her friend.] Our memories of Camelot were taken, apparently. I think we might want to start carrying notepads. It might spare us further amnesia.

[She laughed.]

I just arrived back in Storybrooke. After the town was saved from being pulled to the Underworld.

[alionsheart]

Perhaps we should recruit Henry to keep track of our stories as they happen so we have no need to worry about memory loss again.

[ Not that he would, but. He smirks a little at the thought.

He frowns a little, though, when Belle informs him of what she last remembers. ]

...the Underworld?

[a_chipped_cup]

It would put his status of author to good use. [He might even enjoy it.] All preserved beautifully in one of those gilded books.]

Ah. [She had expected that he wouldn't know about it.] I'm a bit further ahead of you, I guess. It's a long story.

[alionsheart]

[ He ponders for a moment whether he should ask or not. Maybe it's better not to, but he's curious. It also seems like she doesn't quite remember this place, which is typical of those who have disappeared for long stretches of time, but he'd hoped she might be the exception. ]

One you'd care to tell?

[a_chipped_cup]

I suppose that depends if you want to know the future and how bad things went with Emma as the Dark One.

[They all knew the danger, but not how everything would turn.]

I can tell you that Zelena was sent back to Oz, from what Henry told me.

[alionsheart]

She was?

[ Robin actually feels joyful and relieved about that for a moment until he realizes - ] With my child? [ He's worried, terribly worried about the thought of Zelena having their child all to herself, without any positive influences around her. ]

[a_chipped_cup]

No. No, your daughter was with you. She's safe.

[They were all safe, which was a relief. It seemed so long since everything seemed quiet and calm. She almost forgot how that felt.]

There's nothing keeping you or Regina apart in Storybrooke.