
Returning to the business office some time later, Bigby finds Snow having an argument with Ichabod Crane, who berates the both of them for failing to protect Fabletown from the unknown murderer. After quickly scouting the courtyard, he parts ways with Snow at her suggestion to take the head to Doctor Swineheart. Horrified, he notes that this is the first murder Fabletown has seen in many years, and suggests investigating the area. She leads him to the front steps of the building, where there rests an object covered by a coat Bigby uncovers it, and finds it to be the severed head of the mysterious girl. Assuming it is the girl, he instead finds Snow White, who urgently tells Bigby to follow her outside. After either giving or refusing Colin a drink, Bigby falls asleep on the couch.īigby wakes later to the sound of someone knocking on the door. The conversation can take various turns, with Colin criticizing Bigby's harsh attitude and noting that life is easier with friends. The two converse about their past and the night's events, and Colin notes that Bigby is feared throughout the community. Once inside, Bigby finds Colin sleeping on his couch. Bigby can then choose whether or not to tell Beast about Beauty before returning to his apartment. After he either promises to keep her secret or not, Bigby enters the building and immediately encounters Beast, who asks about his wife. She claims not to have expected anyone to pass by, and asks Bigby to not tell Beast that he saw her. Returning home to the Woodlands, Bigby encounters Beauty outside the building, hiding in the shrubbery. She then gives him a kiss, telling him he isn't as bad as people say he is before leaving. Still in need of a statement about the assault, he asks her to come to the business office at the Woodlands, but she offers to meet him at his apartment instead. He can then choose to give her money to make up for what she should have received from the Woodsman, and she thanks him for his help regardless. Before he can draw out Bigby's true form, the unknown girl attacks him with his own axe, incapacitating him.Īfter she searches the Woodsman for money and comes up empty-handed, the girl and Bigby make conversation, and Bigby remarks that he feels like they have met before. The Woodsman is quick to recover and grabs Bigby, shoving him against a sign and choking him. The Woodsman stands up, insulting both the girl and Bigby, who tackles him out of the window and onto Toad's car. The sheriff then questions the girl, a prostitute who refuses to reveal her identity, but claims the Woodsman was hitting her because she didn't recognize him. A violent confrontation breaks out between the two rivals and ends with Bigby as the victor. When Bigby enters the Woodsman's apartment, he finds the man slapping a girl and quickly stops him. The Sheriff then goes upstairs to solve the matter. After a brief discussion, Toad tells Bigby about the Woodsman's drunken and destructive behavior. When he arrives, he catches Toad without his glamour on. The story begins with Bigby sitting in a cab driving to Toad's apartment. Bigby is determined to show that he's truly changed, but some instincts are just too hard to control." Story However, due to his rough past, the citizens of Fabletown are slow to trust him. Bigby now acts as Fabletown's sheriff and remains in his human form, mostly. "He's known for tormenting pigs and girls in red hoods, but is trying to put those dark days behind him.
