Nothing is permanent until you tell me clearly that you want to finalize your current choices. I can clear ink out of boxes if you want to un-tick them, and I can also track more than one point total if you want to use different symbols to mark options that you like different amounts.

Handy! Alright, guess I'd better read through this list and start marking things I like. Mind if I take notes in the margins?

Go right ahead! I can also add blank pages in between each page of the list, for you to take notes and ask questions on.

You can? Sure, sounds useful, go ahead and do that.

With a slight rustling noise, the pages rearrange themselves.

Alright. Time to see what wonders this list holds.

A Thousand Ships: ...does she want to be the most beautiful woman in the world? Well, if you offered it to her for a copper she wouldn't say no, she guesses, but she only has 70 of these points, and there are apparently less frivolous things on offer.

Although, skimming down, most of the others on this page also seem pretty frivolous. Perfect Hair would be genuinely useful for getting rid of helmet hair, though. That box can have a little ~, with a margin note next to it that says "(petty)". And she'll go back up and add a tiny dot for A Thousand Ships, with a note that says "(if I have points left at the end)".

The point total in the corner of each page splits into two, with the squiggle tier including just Perfect Hair and the dot tier covering both choices. The two of them also scoot down the page slightly, as though anticipating there will be more tiers above squiggle.

Does true-name-based magic come up often in the multiverse? I've not heard of it here, although that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. 

If you accept the Spirit's power, what you see when you travel the multiverse is going to be influenced by your preferences and narrative sensibilities. If true-name-based magic sounds like something you would like to see, or that you find narratively compelling, you're more likely to encounter it; if it sounds boring or annoying or upsetting, then it's less likely. It's definitely out there, but if you're not interested in it then I don't think you need to worry about it too much.

Catherine has no idea what her "narrative sensibilities" are about true name magic. She doesn't feel especially attached to the idea of having a true name, even one she gets to pick herself—although, to be honest, she'd probably pick "Catherine Foundling" anyway. Your "true name" seems less important than your Name, in any case. 

Think I'll pass for now, then. 

Moving on! 

...alright, Size Difference is potentially actually useful. She can think of plenty of applications for being able to grow to the size of a house or shrink to the size of a gnat. That's not why she wants it, though. She wants it so she can stop being so godsdamned short. But it's the reason she'd give Black, if he asked why she felt like it was worth picking. That one can have...a little star, for "good to have". 

Dressing Room can get a squiggle...okay, no, Pocket Dimension is too good. That's getting a star, so Dressing Room should probably have one as well...

The star tier fills in the empty space above squiggle.

Cosmetic Equipment can have a dot. It seems like it could be fun, but if she can summon any outfit she needs, it seems pretty pointless to also be able to make her current outfit serve any purpose. Undressing Room goes even further, and she can't imagine any circumstance where she'd want it.

Personal Hygiene can have a squiggle, sure. 

Aha, now they're getting to the useful ones. 

Just A Little Longer seems like it merits something more than a star, actually. That one can have...hmm, she's running out of symbols. Maybe just a standard checkmark, with a note that those are better than stars. 

Now this is what I'm talking about. This is cheaper than Perfect Hair?

I don't have specific memories of my previous incarnations for privacy reasons, but my best guess is that Just A Little Longer was created for someone who had a really specific idea of what they wanted that included its limitations. Something specific and limited is often cheaper than something very broad, even when it's more practically useful.

Won't hear me complaining!

Immunity System would get a star, except that Black taught her how to use her Name to burn sicknesses and poisons out of her body before he brought her to the imperial court, so it's mostly redundant. It can have a dot, because it sounds like it's more thorough than the Name method and doesn't rely on her having to notice and catch it. 

Breathe Easy...hmm. 

Breathe Easy and Warmhearted are both tempting, because they seem obviously useful, but they also seem...dangerous? 

How so?