"Semantics." Regina dismissed his 'I feel' with a gesture very like the one she used to banish something she'd summoned. "And the Norn didn't take what I would give you."

It wouldn't be easy, convincing him to let her give it to him. Regina knew him well enough to anticipate that. But when it came to his stubbornness versus her need to make amends, she knew which would win. She knew which had to. "At least hear me out."