Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-108.86.69.199-20130201063222/@comment-32390199-20130317012926

I don't think they would have know each other as children. Bea was born long before Pinocchio was born, and also fled to Neverland before Pinocchio's birth. The first time they coud've met was when they were adults since Pinocchio left Emma behind. I think Pinocchio just did some backstory research on Neal when he was in a relationship with Emma.