[ Rapunzel takes a breath. It's now or never, and never just isn't an option. ]

I left the first place Gothel kept me, with the help of...well, he acted as a guide for me. He called himself Flynn Rider, but his real name was Eugene.

[ There's a sharp pain in her chest as she voices his name for the first time in a long while. She fights the tears that sting in her eyes. ]

Gothel tricked me to go back with her, before I knew the truth about her. Eugene came to save me, but Gothel... [ Her breath hitches. ] She killed him. Right in front of me.