Rumpelstiltskin doesn't answer right away. He has so many reasons to not want to trust anyone here, even if it means barring him from some comfort and assurance that might make this a little more bearable.
"It doesn't matter. I was leaving anyway."
To get away from the soldiers, to spare his son the war for just a little longer, perhaps long enough for it to end. If the army had control of the Dark One, it couldn't be long until then, could it? But they have to survive. He has to keep Baelfire safe, and he can't do that from here.
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"It doesn't matter. I was leaving anyway."
To get away from the soldiers, to spare his son the war for just a little longer, perhaps long enough for it to end. If the army had control of the Dark One, it couldn't be long until then, could it? But they have to survive. He has to keep Baelfire safe, and he can't do that from here.