You see.the sheriff had who he stupidly thought was the murderer, been chasing him for fuckin' days, right? But the Crooked Man snapped his bony fingers and Bigby handed him over. Hey Jack, did you know that as of this very morning, Bigby's joined the Crooked Man's obedience school for wayward fucking creatures? He's already passed his first class.I think while tempers are runnin' high, we should keep 'demands' to a minimum.Without me, who will pay your rent when you're on the verge of eviction? Who will dare challenge their brutality when it leaks to our dear citizens? Who will protect you. judging you, treating you as mindless children too stupid to command your own destiny. and ever since, which one of us has been there for you? Who filled your lives with the promise of more? Who was there while they idly played in their towers. We lashed our ropes to this diseased world. Why don't you have a seat, sheriff? We've a great deal to discuss.You just have to pay attention to what they need to help them find it. Everybody in Fabletown has a role to fill.

Some would just drop to their knees where they stood, close their eyes. hiding anywhere they could squeeze their pathetic shivering corpses.

In the old days how you picked off those men one by one. Didn't your mother ever teach you any manners? Or was she too busy fucking whatever breeze drifted through town?.They find it less funny when I actually show up and feed their lungs to the family dog. Some of them, they think it's funny to have their little sleepovers and go into their little bathrooms and say my name five times in the mirror.He's about yae high, a hundred and twenty-odd pounds, pissed his sheets until he was 14. Look, it's recently come under our attention that you're, how shall I put this? Attempting to claim what is the personal property of the Crooked Man.You enslaved us for years, let us hear stories about what you'd do…told us we would lose everything if we stepped just one toe out of line! And we couldn't say a word about it because of these damn ribbons! But you know what? Now it's my turn to talk.They used to call me the Little Mermaid.once upon a time.shouldn't the new Deputy Mayor have at least some command over her office? Are either of them fit to run this town? Just as a scorpion stings, the wolf must bite.

He can't control his nature, and frankly I wouldn't dare ask him to try.

Look, this is how a smart person would do it, so this is how we're going to do it.

Come on, just tell me what I want to know, it will make things a lot less painful for you.in theory.

If I maybe took a little something back in return. And the town took everything it could out of me. And you won't be in that chair one minute before you have to give up something you care about just so the wheels don't fall off the goddamn wagon! I did the best I could with what I had. to run that office? You think I didn't make sacrifices? I've made sacrifices. But ever since we've moved to this awful city. We had a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Do your job, Sheriff.or we'll find someone who can.

You're all still afraid of him, even now. And if things didn't fall exactly his way, someone would die. and he would take that weakness and add it to his strength. But I can promise to always have your best interests at heart. But I want you all to know that I care deeply about all of you. But believe me, I truly want what's best for this town. you forget there's a whole community out there to serve. We pay so much attention to the residents of The Woodlands. There are Fables that are struggling worse than I'd imagined.

You're not as bad as everyone says you are.

stones! AND THREW HIM IN THE FUCKING RIVER-! That's who the fuck I am, YOU STUPID BITCH!

I saved Little Red Riding Hood from this monster.

Furry pricked gobshite, tell me how to spend my money.

We've been through Hell trying to keep you all safe, trying to make you all fucking happy! But all you do is complain, so FUCK THIS!

Is this what those loans get you? That crooked piece of shit! Ribbons, chains, it's.it's all the fucking same.

I hope I've at least done some good here.

You fucked up your own lives, dealing with criminals, making your own bad fucking choices, and now you wanna blame us for your screwed up situation.

You know what? You'd rather have Crane? Then you fucking deserve him.

Do you? Do you fucking know? Have you had a friend killed and their head left at your fucking doorstep? No? Didn't think so.

What is it with you cops always trying to empathize with people? 'I know this must be hard for you'.

How do you think this all works? By being big and being bad.

You think my job is easy? You try keeping a bunch of Fables from killing each other.

I thought we were all supposed to have a fresh start here.

The wolf among us snow white nsfw