[Simple, yet significant; and yes, even without the sugar he seems willing enough to drink again, rather than claim that he's had a few bites, a few sips to match, so Peggy's due diligence is done and she can be on her way. Few in this mansion could receive such an offer should they show up as she had. Peggy, perhaps, might be the only one whom he has not known outside of Wonderland.

She speaks of how she spent her first day, the hours that passed before Rip had gathered the will to transmit his broadcast for those of Wonderland, and he's reminded of one particularly angry man who berated him for too little effort offered too late in the day. It seems such very well might be the case with Peggy--or she might have stubbornly gone on anyway, decided to prove Rip and the universe itself wrong, that she could make a change.

The tea's still warm when he sips it; still bitter, without anything to sweeten it.]

I told you when we first met that I worked for an organization called the Time Masters. That was true for a time. [But not when she first limped out of his closet, or even when Rip himself dropped into the fountain outside during the winter prior.] I betrayed them and stole one of their ships in order to attempt to save my family. Went back in time over and over to try and rescue them from--this.

[Not Wonderland, obviously. Rip need only look at the door for Peggy to understand.]

I failed. The only thing that changed was that I was forced to watch my family die, rather than finding their bodies in the aftermath.