Oh, I think we both know I don't do anything if there's someone else willing to do it for me. [That's really not going to change, regardless of what a "changed man" he allegedly is. He'll get his hands dirty if he feels he's the only one with the stomach for it, but he won't engage in hero's follies when heroes grow thick on the ground like weeds.]

And, honestly, I'm impressed with your gall.

[Oh yes, he knows why, and what cowardice chokes his soul can't compete with his pride. Whatever Regina's Mirror did to him once upon a time, he can't fathom a world where she succeeds a second time.]