Do you think Rumple really found “comfort in this new land”? He had a “rather large estate” in FTL, and a big house in Storybrooke, and some very fine suits, but he’s still a lonely guy. Was that one of Regina’s Corrupt-a-Wishes? Maybe he needed to define comfort a little clearer … I’m thinking of comfort more as succor being what he was actually seeking
From the Free Online Dictionary : suc·cor (skr)
n.
1. Assistance in time of distress; relief.
2. One that affords assistance or relief.
tr.v. suc·cored, suc·cor·ing, suc·cors
To give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress.
Or maybe just once — something freely given without a deal attached to it.