Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20140113165251/@comment-24386552-20140505161126

However, Belle warned Neal that it wasn't worth bringing back Rumple, if he was going to be a slave to evil anyways, yet he did it anyways. Neal actually knows the price of magic, just as much as his Dad. He probably knew that the price would be his death, and was willing to do that so his father could live once again.