Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-23906605-20131017110136/@comment-23906605-20131028123702

I've never seen Neal as a coward. He always did what he thought was the right and honorable thing to do in each situation.

When Shadow came to take Wendy's little brother, even though Bae knew he was going to some magical horrible place, he went anyway to save the family who had been so nice to him.

Same thing with Emma. The way I see it, it would have been increbily selfish and dishonorable of him if he had decided to still be with her. I mean, he knew she had to fulfill her destiny... it was the right thing to do to let her go.