- Varian: I want you to know, I wish it didn't come to this. But when someone trusts you and you betray them, well, this is what happens.
- Rapunzel: My kingdom needed me. I couldn't do anything about the amber and I had to stay. I never meant to break my promise to you, Varian. We were friends.
- Varian: That's the beauty of my plan. In the end, when your memory has been erased, we can be friends again.
- Rapunzel: But you're only making it worse! None of these people did anything to you.
- Varian: It's not what they did to me! It's what I did to them. And there... there is no way that they will ever forgive me.
- Rapunzel: How do you know if you don't give them the chance?
- Varian: [counts on his fingers] I took their queen prisoner; I threatened their princess; I helped these guys take over their kingdom! You think anyone's going to give me a second chance? I don't think so. No, making them forget is the only way to fix what I've done.
- Eugene: Okay, this is very sweet, but honestly, I'm offended. I can't believe you were going to break into something and you didn't even ask me! It's kind of my thing.
- [picks the cell door lock open]
- Eugene: Thank goodness you're here!
- [hugs him on her way out of the cell. Varian begins to follow her, but Lance stops him]
- Lance Strongbow: And where do you think you're going, little man?
- [wipes off Varian's fake goatee]
- Varian: Ah! Ugh.
- [bows his head]
- Varian: [Lance and Maximus laugh after Varian's fake goatee is smudged off]
- Eugene, Rapunzel: Guys, we're going to have to trust him.
- Eugene: After everything Hairstripe here has done, you're going to trust him?
- [Tells Rapunzel about Varian]
- Rapunzel: Yes. He's the one who made the formula that the Saporians are about to drop on Corona.
- [looks at Varian with an encouraging smile while she tells Eugene, Lance and Maximus]
- Rapunzel: We need him.
- [Varian looks surprised and unsure, but then smiles back at her, clearly thankful]
- Rapunzel: [Rapunzel holds Varian as they are leaving the dungeon while Eugene, Lance and Maximus are unsure]
- Varian: All I ever wanted, was for my father to be proud. Of course, if he were free from the amber now and saw everything I've done... well, he'd be ashamed.
- Rapunzel: You know, standing up to Andrew just now was pretty brave. Look, I know how much it hurts to have someone you trust to let you down. I mean, after you go through something like that, how can you ever trust anyone again?
- Varian: I don't know. That's why I thought, maybe if I can make you forget everything that happened, you know, we could be friends again. Learn to trust again. But I guess life doesn't really work that way.
- [they meet each other's gaze and smile briefly]
- Andrew: Yeah, there's been a slight change of plans, buddy. Now that she's back, we don't have time for you to get your memory formula right.
- Clementine: We are still using the formula you've curated. Quirineon explodes. It will turn Corona to ashes.
- Varian: What? No. No! We agreed nobody would be harmed!
- Andrew: Relax, Varian. You don't wanna end up on the wrong side of history. You understand, buddy.
- [Varian looks at Rapunzel, who returns his gaze pleadingly]
- Varian: You're right... So I'm gonna have to ask you to step inside that cell.
- [threatens them with one of his alchemy bombs]
- Clementine: [as the gang steps back] Are you betraying us, boy?
- [Rapunzel lights up]
- Varian: I'm getting on the right side of history.
- Clementine: Take him out!
- [Varian throws the bomb at them; it doesn't do anything but cover them with a bunch of bubbles]
- Varian: Oh... Sorry, guys, that was a... yeah, that was a bath bomb.
- [Gothel arrives at the bridge leading across the stream to her cottage, holding a crying infant Rapunzel. She turns to flee, but sees the castle guards coming towards her. She flees behind a pile of rocks]
- Guard: The princess!
- [the guards arrive at the bridge to the house and dismount]
- Captain of the Guard: She went this way.
- [the guards head to Gothel's cottage. Little Cassandra hears the guards coming and climbs onto the window sill. The present Cassandra rushes to the window as well. The guards burst in]
- Captain of the Guard: Where is she? Where's the princess?
- [the four year old Cassandra sees her mother standing on the other side of the bridge, holding the baby. She gets down from the window sill and runs to the doorway]
- Little Cassandra: Mother?
- [Two guards run to the bridge, but Gothel gets out a sword and slices the bridge. Little Cassandra drops the music box in shock. Gothel rides away]
- Little Cassandra: Mama?
- [the Captain of the Guard gets on his knees before little Cassandra, and puts his helmet on her head]
- Captain of the Guard: No one's going to harm you, little one. You're safe with me.
- [Little Cassandra starts crying. The Captain of the Guard gently carries her away]
- Little Cassandra: I want my mama!