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Dan Fox wrote: In 2.08. No. The only mention Gold makes of the ink in that episode is when he's telling Henry how they captured him back in the EF.

"Yes, indeed. The quill. And yet, it wasn't the quill itself but the ink that captured the Dark One. Harvested from the rarest species of squid from the bottom of a bottomless ocean - impossible to find, unless you're a mermaid. Or me. I happen to have a private supply. In my jail cell - that is where they will find it."

And the only mention of a battle between the two, from Gold, is him telling Regina he can "handle Cora", her replying that that's now how Cora tells it, and him saying "I won in the end." It's foreshadowing "The Miller's Daughter", and doesn't mean they had some epic battle anyway. She conned him, and yet, he got what he wanted in the end: Regina to cast his Curse.