The way I saw the scene, when the room started to shake, for one second he was paralyzed, torn between which to reach for. One hand toward the box, one hand toward the crystal, glancing back and forth, a moment of agony … and then he dove for the crystal.
See that’s how I read it too. I’ll rewatch tomorrow before I weigh in on the Rumple-moment, then.
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"