Belle French: There's something I need to tell you. When I translated the prophecy all those years ago, I realized that the sun that needed to set at the Edge of Realms, it wasn't the one in the sky. It was mine. "When the Dark One finds eternal love at the sun's brightest set." It means that you have to believe our love is powerful enough to outlast death. Only then will you find the path that will lead you back to me.
Rumpelstiltskin: How could you keep that from me?
Belle French: I knew you wouldn't accept it. You would have spent all our lives searching for another answer. And... I wanted to live our lives. And we did. And now, it... it's time to let me go.
Rumpelstiltskin: Belle, I can't. I'm afraid.
Belle French: Let me tell you a story, then. Once upon a time, there was a beast who took a girl prisoner. But he fell in love with her. And then he let her go. That is when the girl realized that she loved him, too.
Rumpelstiltskin: He thought he would never see her again.
Belle French: But in the end, she came back to him. More than a few times.
Rumpelstiltskin: I remember that story.
Belle French: See? You let me go once before, and... we found our way back to each other. You're a good man, Rumple. Your heart is pure. You will find the answer you need to get rid of the dagger, and you will find your way back to me again. I promise.