Ariel and Eric were beyond the reach of the curse, whatever that means.
He outran it because the ship is fast but like I said, that’s still really wonky timeline wise.
The curse grabs people as it moves over the land, so in the original Snow and Regina and Charming were the last to be picked up. In this one, they were the first.
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