[doesn't count, as far as she's concerned. she knew that before she started asking questions. it's become increasingly obvious that they're expected to hang back until they're needed here. to Emma, this counts as them being needed. to everyone else, she doesn't care. if prying is going to be the thing that gets answers, then she's going to pry.]
What about you?
[all right is asking for too much. she's tired. it's a bone-deep kind of exhausted, the sort of thing she connects to from having to fight her way back to storybrooke on more than one occasion. she knows how to navigate this sort of separation, but she hates it.
if all she can do right now is try to work this out, then she'll throw herself into it as much as she does everything else. it helps that she has someone to work with, here.
no subject
[doesn't count, as far as she's concerned. she knew that before she started asking questions. it's become increasingly obvious that they're expected to hang back until they're needed here. to Emma, this counts as them being needed. to everyone else, she doesn't care. if prying is going to be the thing that gets answers, then she's going to pry.]
What about you?
[all right is asking for too much. she's tired. it's a bone-deep kind of exhausted, the sort of thing she connects to from having to fight her way back to storybrooke on more than one occasion. she knows how to navigate this sort of separation, but she hates it.
if all she can do right now is try to work this out, then she'll throw herself into it as much as she does everything else. it helps that she has someone to work with, here.
and helps a little extra that it's Graham.]