Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9232373-20130520194748/@comment-5106672-20130602013208

I've got another question about the same topic: how did that work after the curse broke? Did they become aware of all the time that has passed? Because from some dialogue lines (Belle, Mary Margaret, Ruby), they seemed to be aware of the fact 28 whole years had passed way beyond just knowing the curse would break after that time (they mentioned it was a long time since they did certain things, and Belle seemed quite shaken up when Mr. Gold asked her if she was kept away for 28 years). If all they could remember was a single day plus the time occourred between Emma's arrival an the break of the curse, they wouldn't have spoken so.

So, did they suddenly realise that, despite living the same day with pretty much the same things happening over again, they did so for ages?