Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26994541-20150919194133

I can't figure out how old Neal is, and how he can look so young in the real world, where Emma finds him. The thing is that, Rumpelstiltskin is both Cora and Reginas master in teaching magic. So Neal must be older in the real world, that fourteen. (In season 2 episode 14 "manhattan" Rumpelstiltskin says to Neal "I can turn the clock back, make you fourteen again") Because he has been in the real world longer than Emma. So I really don't get how Neal can look like an 35-year-old guy, when he should be at least 42 (Emma's age 28 + Baelfire's age when he came to the real world 14 = 42). Please explain this to me. :) 