On a Pathway (Robin)

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin, "yes, that is true as well."

Robin shifted his weight onto his heels, stretching himself out. "It's a different way of life than mine, so I am not apt to understand it as well. But you do what you have to do, and you end up moving things forward, in whatever direction that may be. I do hope I never have to make a deal with you though, guess I've grown to like how the Merry Men and our way of life works."

Robin knew that it would be bad to get stuck and attached to one way of life. It could make him fail the poor or lose sight of what they stood for.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

"I suppose time will tell if you make a deal with me, though most at one point or another do & form that I cannot say the out come, though good or bad events happen form it just like any choice, in life that has events happen because of it"

Rumple watched Robin "Though with or with out are help things move forward, time will always do so & little can really stop it or slow it down" Though of course he was mindful not to say to much that might, give away that to some degree it could be played with, but even still it would move on once more & things in the past could not really be undone, for if that was so he would have his son, but now he had another way to do so & it was only time before it was played out.

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin nodded, "yes, it does happen eventually though I am rather impatient, if I can do something about it then it will be done."

Robin looked at Rumple as he thought about time, and how much power was in the universe and especially held by Rumple himself. "I wouldn't be surprised if time could be manipulated, after all time is really a marker for life and death. We really should call it the passing of life rather than time, but it does not matter." Robin had lived without the notion of time for a long period. He had lost count of the days but when he needed to plan something based off of time he found it easy to find out.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Rumple heard Robins words "I am sure of that, something you will do until caught I am sure" Rumple smirked "You might wait for ever to find out if such things as time, can manipulated" He giggled before he started to move again "But, then you have other matters to deal with then such a though" As he moved like before he mealy watched Robin, he could sense things about him yet not allot was set in stone just yet about the man, some was yet what was, well it did not give everything away, at least not yet to him.

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin laughed, "until I'm caught?"

Robin grinned and shook his head, "my good man, I've been caught multiple times, faced death on many occasions. I hardly find being caught a hinderance to what I do, in fact it's part of what I do."

Robin continued, "as soon as people hear that my men and I have come to their area they set up rather ridiculous and extreme measures to keep their goods safe. It's rather amusing to see what lengths people will go to, without even knowing if we are planning on stealing from them. I'm surprised not every rich person hasn't gotten gray hairs from worrying. Though, my men and I can't take all the credit or expect people to react in such a way."

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Rumple smirk "But, then you always had those to come to your aid have you not? And that might not always be so, unless you value your life so little you would do well to think more before you mealy jump into say saving someone in need" Rumple giggled "But then you like could care less what happens to you, so long as it serves a purpose perhaps to make you a legend a story told down threw the times, yet even if that where so that does not mean you would not be forgotten" He looked at Robin "You cannot blame them, they know who you are to well & what you can do"

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin laughed, "I don't think you have the position to say if I value my life or not, nor will I tell that answer. Just, as I am sure you would not answer if I asked you whether or not you value yours, or what lengths you would go to protect those you love. It's a question most skillfully hidden in people's hearts."

Robin looked at Rumple, an eyebrow raised as if wondering why he was saying this. "As for being a legend, I have no wish to be one, but I can't control what is passed down through generations. I believe people become legends when what they stood for needs to be remembered. Like there will be legends about you as well, many I'm sure."

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Rumple would of scuffed at Robins words had it been before Belle, but than the though of her he could not dismiss so quick much like his son, but for now it was not a matter he would speak to Robin about, it was best to allow the man to think as he willed.

Rumple giggled "Legends about me more...more like nightmares, but I am the dark one for a reason, legends should they come will be different for me to others, that have such things started" Of course he dismissed it more because true there was story's of the dark one, it was more legend where something one when they though of it where the good hero's, not those that the hero's would fight, but he could not blame Robin for his words.

"I suppose some of the story's told of me could be classed as legend, much like your own though it is not something that will change who I am" He watched Robin "Though I suppose legends could be of anything or anyone"

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin laughed, "I doubt everyone thinks of you badly. True, there is a lot of talk, but you're here for a reason."

He wondered if Rumple thought everyone hated him or thought of him as evil. True he was a rather different sort of man, but then again Robin wasn't going to draw conclusions of his own easily.

Robin continued, "that is the beauty of stories, really anyone can be in them. My men tell tall tales to keep their spirits up. It's important when making decisions though to get as close to fact as you can. Don't want to misjudge an ant as a dragon, or a dragon as an ant."

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Rumple giggled "I would have to disagree with you people think of me badly, it just does not stop them form making deals with me" Of course Belle ha proven to be diffrent, though he was not bringing her up more to keep her safe, he did not need to paint a target on her in such a way. "I suppose, but then depending on who tails the story & if one gets drunk who knows where the story will go or how it will end'

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin nodded, "disagree all you want. It is the opinion of you that you are forming here. I don't know you well enough to relate my own thoughts to others. And any thought I told you would only offer a glimpse and it could be false or true, you are after all the only person who knows you best."

Robin laughed, "I have heard many a drunken story. I do hope you are able to partake in listening to them too from time to time. The stories are rather interesting in how far ones imagination can go. Or do you not find enjoyment in the company of others?"

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

"See company, I enter a room & it becomes quite & heads turn, I do not need company, my deals keep me busy enough, though at times my deals lead me to where I do here such wild tails" But, he of course heard many story's when he was not noticed for who he was, but most the time he did not see out people unless they needed him, he had learned to deal with being alone, he had been in many ways before his son left & it was only more clear once his son was taken form him.

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin had a feeling that Rumple didn't like being alone. Sure, being alone for a majority of one's life was fine, but he needed or had to at least wanted some form of interaction. People lived to be accepted and loved, he just had a feeling that Rumple wasn't saying something. But that was his choice after all.

Robin looked at Rumple and stretched, "don't know how you survive. I think I'd go mad if left alone. Wouldn't be able to do it."

Robin of course was lying partly, if it came to keeping himself alive of course he would be able to make it. But, if he wasn't being hunted then he would choose company over being alone and rejected by society. He had already lost his home, didn't want to lose everyone else too. But being alone wasn't all ones choice, society played a part too, and he knew it had made sure Rumple would feel better alone.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Rumple giggle again "Go mad Robin, I suppose it does in ways, but then one mrealy gets use to it" To be honest he had learned to well what it was to be alone or feel so, being the dark one only made it more so & then he had to lose everything that meant so much to him on top of it So it was not all so called fun, but he still made deals, perhaps went a little mader with time & yet would get up day after day to make deals & so on.

[Robin Hood/Will Arrow]

Robin nodded ignoring Rumple's giggle, "well I do suppose if that was your life you could get used to it, if anything you would have to get used to it in order to survive."

"Guess your business doesn't really allow you to be alone either. How are the deals going in general?" Robin inquired not really sure if there was a certain kind of etiquette needed to speak of such matters.