Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-108.226.133.172-20130218024958/@comment-6195464-20130218025309

But didn't she specifically say that the boy would 'lead' Rumple to Bae? August didn't really do that - so much as pretend to be Bae and tick Rumple off *lol* I don't think Rumple needed the push to find him son, he just didn't have the opportunity to, until after the curse broke.