Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161017010001/@comment-24674051-20161017234539

Interesting question about Bell and the Library. I'm not sure. but I can imagine that with the Clock Tower (that is conveniently right above the library) being the FOCAL POINT OF MAGIC in Storybrooke, combined with Belles distaste of the dark arts, make the library loft a lot less appealing for Belle.

Besides, Killian is not going to be bunking on the Jolly Roger for a while (at least, not until his first argument with Emma and she boots him to the doghouse), so why not let a friend stay there. And I have to say I am liking that Belle is interacting with someone other than Rumple.

Another side. People have been questioning the fact that Rumple put up a protection spell to keep Belle in and keep Hyde out, and yet Jekyll was able to enter the boat. I personally don't find any real issue with this. Hyde and Jekyll are (or I should say were) clearly 2 separate entities at this point. they had 2 bodies, not one. And the protect spell was not cast as blood magic, so it would not act the same for both Hyde and Jekyll. Rumple cast the spell to keep Hyde out, and keep him out it did. It worked just like it was designed to work.