With no idea of where they were or how they had come to be there, there should not have been a spark of disappointment in answer to the Prince's words. The last he had seen of Mary Margaret had been of her so concerned for his well-being and him so unable to assure her or truly appreciate that Regina's curse had done nothing to dim her kindness. It had buried the fearsome and bold woman he had met when they had met a second time in a forest, but the kindness of her had not changed in the least.

As for Regina, he bit out a "Good" before snapping his jaw shut to keep anything more from spilling out of him, glad as he was that the Queen was far from him. There was too much already at war in his head and complication enough in seeing Ruby and not Red there with him, he decided he would rather take a chance at the Prince's company (and perhaps commiseration for their time under the curse) and the sweetness of Ruby's smile and take what time he had to try to piece himself together once more.

The bite in Ruby's tone had his eyebrows kicking up, surprised, but while he was curious why she would be angry with David Nolan, he figured he would learn eventually. "No," he said instead, shaking his head in answer to the Prince. "But I haven't exactly seen much of this place yet."