He nods, unflinching and unblinking, his expression closing with the unmistakeable air of victory.
"I do hope you are pleased," he says, "with my end of the bargain."
Because Rumpelstiltskin never breaks a deal.
Slender fingers tighten over Johnny's and there comes a great rush, the whipping of wind, the gusting of some ethereal, unnameable force. There is an indescribable surge that jolts sharply through them like a running circuit, a hard bolt of energy snapping from Johnny to the skin the Dark One wears.
He always did have such a flair for the dramatic.
And with a crackle of power, pooled bottomless and deep with the thick smell of dried leaves and scaled claws, Rumpelstiltskin wraps both himself and lizard in amaranthine smoke and is gone.
His smile almost seems to linger in the space where he was.
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"I do hope you are pleased," he says, "with my end of the bargain."
Because Rumpelstiltskin never breaks a deal.
Slender fingers tighten over Johnny's and there comes a great rush, the whipping of wind, the gusting of some ethereal, unnameable force. There is an indescribable surge that jolts sharply through them like a running circuit, a hard bolt of energy snapping from Johnny to the skin the Dark One wears.
He always did have such a flair for the dramatic.
And with a crackle of power, pooled bottomless and deep with the thick smell of dried leaves and scaled claws, Rumpelstiltskin wraps both himself and lizard in amaranthine smoke and is gone.
His smile almost seems to linger in the space where he was.