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What I meant was that, it means Pan could be killed in his sleep.Therefore it is not right to say that Rumple has to die for sure to kill Pan. It could be that  Rumple has to die only if Pan was conscious enough to defend himself because he was more powerful than Rumple but it seems Rumples death wasn't mandatory requirement for Pan to die.

Infact Regina also mentioned that for Pan "if we can bleed him, we can hurt him, if we hurt him we can kill him". Gosh its giving me headache. I don't get it.