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Belle studies. She really doesn't get as lonely as Beast - and maybe he and Chelise can fall in love if she stays out of their way, and then the curse will break and Belle can ransack the library and go home, that would be fine. She works.
beheld_beauty
One of Belle's arms is not broken. That one fumbles for Beast's paw and clasps it. "Can the kitchen bring - medicines, at all? Maybe if I were only a little better, I could move, and finish the job with magic..."
beheld_beauty
Belle closes her eyes and concentrates on breathing evenly. Her hand clutches at the Beast's paw; she's weak and trembly yet clearly holding on as hard as she can.
beheld_beauty
"Just - the one arm and that same leg, are fine - nothing else," says Belle, taking a shuddering breath, "anything else if I move at all, or if you touch me, it's worse."
beheld_beauty
"Strange. I'm not hungry."
The tray skitters back into view. It has some pills and some tea (with a straw, so Bell will be able to drink lying down).
The tray skitters back into view. It has some pills and some tea (with a straw, so Bell will be able to drink lying down).
beheld_beauty
Belle gulps them down, and then promptly falls asleep.
After two hours of fitful, wincing sleep with occasional muttered words - that last feature not having been present when she was knocked out - she opens her eyes again. She looks like she's in less pain, although her arm is still clearly broken and the swelling in her knee has gone down only a little.
After two hours of fitful, wincing sleep with occasional muttered words - that last feature not having been present when she was knocked out - she opens her eyes again. She looks like she's in less pain, although her arm is still clearly broken and the swelling in her knee has gone down only a little.
beheld_beauty
"If you're very, very careful with me I think you could take me to the library. I don't know about putting me in a chair, but I could lie near where the books are and you could hand them to me?"