Hmmm. Maybe he should have been a little more fake surprised by those portals of hers. Why Jefferson insisted on opening himself up for questioning, he would never understand.
"I did, at one point. Back in my world." He replied nonchalantly. There was absolutely no reason why he couldn't ignore the part about him having his hat in this world, waiting for Emma to learn magic so they could fix it, and then get the hell out of here. Because Jefferson sure as hell was not about to charter the whole town to their own worlds.
Not a chance. "I'm a portal jumper. My hat had a special magic that could take me to other places with magic. That's not how I got here of course, but, yeah. That's why I charged over here with the hopes that maybe your portals were like mine."