Regina touched her glass to Emma's over a stifled huff of amusement and then knocked back a good third of the whiskey in a single swallow. She didn't need to get drunk; this was good news, Emma being here, sort of, except Henry not being here and Hook not... okay, maybe she did need a few stiff drinks.

"You heard me. She's like us, from a book. Most of them are, books or tv. Unlike us, they don't know it, and since provoking existential crises is for some reason--" She showed her teeth in a smile that said she was joking, more or less. "Considered rude, don't tell them."