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( he's a very serious, very scary, evil handed pirate, all right, and don't you dare forget it, but there are a few things that can unsettle even a pirate.

his heart may be black but it's still bloody there, and little wailing lasses that run from him the second he tries to get close stings, a little. does he really look so dastardly? or maybe she's just afraid. . .

either way you slice it, he's incredibly unnerved and at least a little bit concerned. )

Has anyone seen that wee girl? I tried to speak to her but the second I got close she ran off towards the stairs.

( he's looked for awhile. he's not even sure how she could move so damn fast, and suddenly be so silent. he could have sworn. . . )

She's got to be around somewhere. A tiny little thing, seemed upset. I can't be the only one that saw her.

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( he's not sure he's ever seen Regina Mills sans finery. it's ... different, but not the point. )

Twice? Shouldn't we search for her, then? She's too little to be off on her own.

( maybe someone that isn't a frigtening pirate should try talking to her. just a thought. )

Every time I try to approach her she just...

[Regina gesticulates 'poof' and then sighs a little.]

But yes. Someone should try to find her. Are you suggesting a search party?

( he's not sure if it is reassuring or not that the little one ran from Regina as well. maybe the girl is adverse to villainous types but Regina is fairly good with children. . . it makes more sense for the girl to run from him. )

She seems quite distressed but we still ought to find her. ( because children shouldn't be left on their own. unless they demand to be released from your custody clearly. he should not be pressing this vein. )

Aye, why not? It's not that big a place, even with two new floors.

I don't have anything better to do. I'll help you if you're interested in doing this now.

Fine. Might as well look for her. I saw her run upstairs just now, we ought to look there to start.

[About five minutes later, there's Regina, still makeup free, still in a pony tail, and in actual pajamas. She has no robe here, and she wasn't putting on an entire outfit. So, it's either nice that Regina doesn't feel the need to put on airs around Hook and can just be herself, or it's offensive that she didn't put forth the effort to at least put on real clothes. She knocks twice, then crosses her arms over her chest as she waits, a little spooked by everything that's happening, having flashbacks to Cora in ghost form.]

( he's been waiting and communicating with other guests as he does so, so when she knocks he's not far from the door. he's not intensely bothered by the queen in her jim-jams. the first time was a surprise, now it doesn't seem to bother him.

he's dressed, though. he didn't come with pajamas, because he doesn't own any.

he tosses the device at his bed before he joins her. )

I saw her just ten minutes ago. Surely she's upstairs somewhere.

( but the word is she's only seen in the lobby, so now he's wondering if they ought to start there. )

[Regina has some ideas of her own, and her forehead creases a bit.]

Who knows how many places she could hide here. If she's familiar with the layout of this place, she has an advantage on us because...hell if I know every nook and cranny.

[Her arms drop and for a moment she opens her mouth to speak, then closes it before looking at Hook again.]

Have we entertained all possibilities, here? Maybe she's not real.

[She's having flashbacks now, of seances in her study at home in Storybrooke.]

( he's heard this too many damn times. Regina isn't the first to think there's a possibility they're chasing nothing. hell, he's entertained it himself. it just. . . bothers him, how many people would rather declare a girl a ghost than actually look for her.

he sighs, rubbing at his face, an odd sense of defeat in his posture. he's a stubborn man, but the constant buzzing that it's a foolish endeavor is wearing on him. )

Maybe she is, but isn't it worth looking all the same? Bloody hell, she might be a little frightened girl, and people are arguing that she's a ghost instead of trying to find her.

( the frustration isn't necessarily at Regina, just in general. )

I didn't say it wasn't, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here in my pajamas. We don't know what we're dealing with.

[Regina does raise an eyebrow though and turns to head down the hall.]

Who knew a pirate had a soft spot for frightened little girls.

Apparently little ghost girls are something to be feared. Everyone was on about movies.

( it's a not-quite-inquiry as to what the hell a scary movie is supposed to be, because everyone was discussing it and he has no clue. )

I'm used to people not bothering to care about children that aren't theirs, shall we say. It's always a trying reminder.

( he does open the door to the stairwell for the pajama-clad queen, he's got some manners in him somewhere. . . )

Fine, should we try the lobby, then. That's where everyone sees her first.

You have a lot to do in Storybrooke, eventually. Tell Emma to get you a movie called 'The Shining.' In the Enchanted Forest, we got our horror stories in books. People still do that but more often it's in visual form. And there's some fascination with children being harbingers of doom.

[She heads down into the stairwell, agreeing with his assessment of the lobby.]

Still, anything that disappears and reappears isn't typically a sign of anything good.

Children, really.

( Hook has met the most terrifying child of all, but he's really more of a teenager than a child, and in the end he was a full grown man in a child's body, which is just. . . creepy. in general, he doesn't see how children are creepy, though.

he follows after her, offering a reluctant, )

If she is a ghost, should we not exercise her like you did with. . .

( does he get points for not going into what happened at Regina's seance? )

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Everyone seems to forget that the things I did in Storybrooke were with the help of magic. I'm not a priest, I don't know how to perform an exorcism.

[She takes a breath and lets it out, trying not to be tense with him. It isn't him, it's this place. Right?]

If she's a ghost we...tell her to move on into the white light or something.

Well I don't know how you did it, I wasn't there.

( he just heard it through the Charming grapevine, he hadn't witnessed the exorcism. he's really never dealt with ghosts before, don't you have to help them resolve what keeps them from moving on? ),/small>

She's crying, troubled by something. Perhaps it's a matter of solving why she's upset and then she'll go to the. . . ( heavens? something? he doesn't bloody know. )

So, we'll try to give her closure. Maybe she was trapped here and ever aged. Like the curse, and then she finally died in captivity.

[Yeah, it's grim, but. Regina's not feeling that optimistic about things.]

Sorry. My mother's ghost didn't leave me with a lot of confidence in the art of ghost busting.

If she never aged, then why would she have died?

( he says it with an open tone, like he might be talking just as much to himself. he's taking all this awfully seriously; the little ghost girl has hit him harder than he likes to admit.

it's just the second bit that breaks him out of it. )

If she's a ghost, I doubt you can . . . bust her.

( so not what she meant, pirate. )

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