"Now you're gettin' it." He replied to her joke with a dry yet honest chuckle. Another stab of the fork and the last of his cake was taken. "Most days I'm just the kinda guy you want around.." Namely because he was always the one willing to do things that most people were not. That alone made him valuable, from his perspective. "..and then there's that, every once in awhile, where you're way better off havin' me nowhere near you."
He paused, glancing up at Thalia. "Don't worry. Next time.." Because there almost decidedly would be a next time, even in Storybrooke. I'll make sure you get the memo. And, if I don't? Well assume this place has kicked me back to whatever I've got waitin' for me."