That, Regina understood. Although, she never wondered what the point of this was. She was paying for the harm she'd done and whether or not she would ever see her boys and Robin again, she had no doubts about what she needed to do. Still, when she'd lost Henry the first time, given him up to protect him and Emma, she remembered how devastated she'd been.

"Which everything?" The killing or the not-killing, her question implied. "A life without disasters is a life without excuses. The point or me was to learn to face pain without taking vengeance."