There was some clicking and clacking, some things shutting on the other side of the phone. It was her movement, pushing things across her desk where they should be, closing cabinets, locking them with a key. Preparations to shut down her office for awhile. "I'll figure something out," she sighed out, and it felt like there was glass in her throat. Sharp, jagged, hurt to swallow. "Maybe if he just faces her and I, he'll..."
Come through? Snap out of it? There was merit to the theory of she and Kenzi being his weak spots. Same thing happened with Rumple with Neal and Belle - Killian had tried to convince her to side with him, he tried to convince Kenzi that what he was doing was best for all of them. Even if it meant crushing her heart, but she didn't think he'd agree to it unless he thought there was a way to bring her back.
He loved her the most. He wasn't doing this out of cruelty. It was because he thought he was doing something good, for the three of them.
"He's in there. I know he is. It might take some time to remind him, but I know he'd want me to make sure nothing happened to Sharkbait. Which means protecting her from him until something gives."