She couldn't help it; she was smiling triumphantly and turned it toward him. "See? You can control it. I knew you could." Pressing a soft kiss to his cheek in encouragement, she let go of his wrist this time. "See if you can do it again."

For Regina, as she'd learned there'd been no 'positive' reinforcement. She was stupid, slow, or useless as she'd been learning from the Dark One. True, she'd not been the most patient of teachers with Emma, but then, she didn't care as deeply for the Savior.

"You can do it," Regina said softly as she stepped back, folding her arms across her chest.