She feels her heart sink a touch at him needing specifics. There is very little chance she'll be able to look him in the eyes while recounting any of it. Belle isn't sure she should recount any of it for it might be too painful to say out loud to herself yet again. Then again if she does it now she won't have to worry about it until she leaves if he's right. Rumple is very rarely wrong in her experience, he just goes about some situations in the wrong ways.
"Alright. I'll try to be more specific." She sucks in a breath. "Before I came here I was. . .looking into a mirror. The mirror is supposed to show people something called shattered sight. I don't know exactly how it works but the mirror, for me, told me that I was a coward and that I ruined someone's life." She grimaces. Both are more true than she would like to admit. "It told me that you--uh. You only were with me because--because I'm easy to manipulate." She can feel herself receding already. "And that--" She shakes her head. "Never mind the last part. It doesn't matter."
She doesn't want to talk about the dagger. She falls silent.
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"Alright. I'll try to be more specific." She sucks in a breath. "Before I came here I was. . .looking into a mirror. The mirror is supposed to show people something called shattered sight. I don't know exactly how it works but the mirror, for me, told me that I was a coward and that I ruined someone's life." She grimaces. Both are more true than she would like to admit. "It told me that you--uh. You only were with me because--because I'm easy to manipulate." She can feel herself receding already. "And that--" She shakes her head. "Never mind the last part. It doesn't matter."
She doesn't want to talk about the dagger. She falls silent.