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[beheld_beauty]

Belle has just laid a grand enchantment over the city of Changsha in Cathay, and returned home to attend to her husband in the wake of this activity, and now she is telling the kitchen to fix her some lunch.

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[mindfields]

Dominique wishes, and hugs her Maman.

"And I want to do a wish like Luc, so I can channel with myself," she adds.

[beheld_beauty]

"Of course. If you want to copy it exactly you may do it yourself; if you want any adjustments from Luc's version then perhaps I ought to, beginning as I do with more knowledge of the subject."

[mindfields]

She shrugs. "I'll copy it."

[beheld_beauty]

Belle offers her a hexagon, also in Beast's color.

[mindfields]

Dominique wishes again, and hugs her mother again. "Thank you, Maman."

[beheld_beauty]

"You're welcome," says Belle, hugging her tight. "You will do marvelous things."

[mindfields]

"I will," she laughs.

[beheld_beauty]

"Where are you going to start?"

[mindfields]

"I have no idea!" says Dominique.

[beheld_beauty]

"Well," laughs Belle, "when you have acquired an idea I will be most interested to hear it."

[mindfields]

She giggles.

"I want to go tell Papa," she declares. "Is he resting?"

[beheld_beauty]

"He is resting, yes."

(Dominique's papa spends rather a lot of time resting.)

"But he may be up and about within the hour."

[mindfields]

She giggles again.

"All right. I love you, Maman."

[beheld_beauty]

"I love you too, my Dominique."

[mindfields]

Dominique makes a face of mixed feelings.

[beheld_beauty]

"What is it?"

[mindfields]

"I don't know," she says, although evidently she does.

[beheld_beauty]

"Neither do I," remarks Belle.

[mindfields]

"Well - I just - I don't think I like my name very much," she confesses.

[beheld_beauty]

"Don't you? I'm sorry," says Belle.

[mindfields]

"I like my middle name much better."

[beheld_beauty]

"You can of course go by Yseult if you prefer."

[mindfields]

"I'm sorry," she says.

[beheld_beauty]

"There is no need. Both of your names were chosen because we liked them - and for that matter if you wanted to go by something else entirely, you would hardly be the first in the family to do so."

[mindfields]

She giggles softly.