You never realised, did you? You never realised the truth.
It was really quite simple. But you, in your naivety, never saw it. It was so very, very obvious, but you just couldn't work it out, could you? Even when you were told, by that book you studied like a Bible.
I did everything for you. Why couldn't you just accept it? Why couldn't you accept me, love me, fear me? Was it really so hard? I did everything you could possibly have wanted. I took the child, changed time, showed you every way out of my Labyrinth. The goblins didn't understand – of course they didn't. How could they understand their King, no less, falling for a human girl? But... it would have been impossible not to. You were so beautiful, so fresh, young, innocent.
No wonder they didn't understand my anger at Hoggle. It wasn't really his fault. I can't blame him for it. I suppose even Kings get jealous, when their pursuits are threatened. When you kissed him, even as a friendly gesture, the envy that spiked within me was almost unbearable – made even worse by the fact I had not experienced it before.
When you reached the Bog, I couldn't stop myself. I had to try. Why do you think I chose, out of all the possible scenarios, a masquerade? Why were you so beautifully dressed? Why was your hair perfectly done? Those short few minutes we spent together, dancing exquisitely in the candlelight, seemed an eternity and a millisecond all at once. When you broke away and fled, you broke a part of me I didn't realise even existed until that day. If only... If only you had stayed. If only you had given in, danced all night. I would have kissed you, and you would have loved me as I love you.
I wonder if you even knew my name. You never did call me Jareth, only the Goblin King. Such formalities kept me in line. I must confess, the thought of you showing such affection makes my heart race all the more.
You don't know, do you? You still don't know. Everything I did, I did for you. Even after you spurned me, took the child, left my realm, I saved you from heartbreak by sending you your friends. How did you think they got to your world?