"As strange as it sounds, I'm probably slightly more forgiving of Gold," he says, though slightly is a bare measure and it's only barely. "Between saving me from the dreamshade and giving me the locator to find Snow, there's at least something in there to keep me from immediate rage, though he does like to stress that, doesn't he." And David is all too aware that things only happen because Gold wants them to.

"Maybe we should focus on the here and now?" he suggests. "Past errors don't make for good current friendships."