Zelena was visiting with Regina while Robin was at daycare. They sat across the couch from one another.
"She wants to know about her father" Zelena told her "What am I supposed to tell her? I barely knew him. I can't tell her I tricked him into conceiving her, it'll traumatize her!"
Regina had no idea what to say. She didn't enjoy being reminded how her sister had stolen her soulmate away from her, basically raped him, and later was sort of responsible for his death. At the moment she struggled to remember why she forgave Zelena for all that. Zelena's current predicament was her own doing. Luckily, Henry arrived at that moment and broke some of the tension.
"Hello, Henry" Regina said "we're trying to figure out what to tell Robin about her father that won't traumatize her". Now he was caught up on what was happening.
"How can I explain to her that I barely knew the man?" Zelena lamented "One of the few things I do know is how important it was to him to be a good role model for Robin Now he doesn't have a chance". For the first time Zelena was really feeling the loss of Robin Hood and wished he was around to be part of their daughter's life. The room went silent with melancholy.
"I think there may be a way Robin Hood can still get his wish" Henry said. Zelena and Regina both looked at him in anticipation.
"Using my author powers" Henry explained "I have fine-tuned my ability to gleam stories that happened to people from the book. I can make Robin a book with her father's stories. None of the stuff we don't want her to know yet, just the stuff he would have wanted her to know. The stories that can teach her about courage, honour, and loyalty. The ones where she can get to know him, both his heroism and failures, the stories where she can learn from his experiences and he can be the role model he wanted to be for her".
Zelena and Regina were both teary-eyed.
"I'd like a copy of that book too" Regina said. "You got it" said Henry.
It took about a month to complete but Henry wrote a book for Robin about her father. Some of the stories showed a bit of a dark side to him but they all had a moral. They all showed him learning things that shaped the person he became. Once it was complete, Robin treasured it. People read her stories from it every night for a long time. Eventually she learned to read it herself. It helped shape her as a person. She had her father and his influence in her life, even if she didn't get to know him personally.