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Aurora cleared her throat “So…” She opened her notebook and read out her first concern “You toldyou by your name”

“Yes”

“And this was the first time he had done it?”

“He addresses me as Rhapsody in his letters, but that’s different” Rhapsody paused “Or is it not?”

“It depends,” she murmured noncomittally, “but we’ll skip that part for now What’sthe marquis say your name”

“It made me anxious,” Rhapsody answered with a frown

“And that’s not the usual, isn’t it?”

“Not usual at all,” Rhapsody couldn’t help but e how sensibly she had re out Bethany had passed away

“Why do you think this was?”

Rhapsody hesitated “You’d think it illogical”

“Feelings often are, but there’s a way to make sense of them”

“When my Master called ely…right”

“In ay?” Aurora prodded

“It reminded me of when I ith…Bethany She insisted that I call her by her name because she didn’t want to be rehter I know it’s a s—-”

“On the contrary,” Aurora countered carefully, “everything a parent says or does has a tremendous impact on his or her child, and you are not an exception”

Rhapsody slowly nodded, seeing her therapist’s point “I guess that’s why names hold so much power in my mind Every time sheme away”

“But when the Master called you by your name…”

“It was the opposite,” Rhapsody said haltingly “When he called me by my name, I was…overcome”

“Because he made feel you wanted”

Rhapsody quickly nodded Yes!

“And noruessed

Rhapsody’s nod was even more vehement than before

“If Bethany had allowed you to call her Mother, would that have made you feel wanted?”

“I…suppose?” Rhapsody was caught off guard by the sudden switch in her therapist’s questions

“And do you think if Bethany let you call her mother, would it have also made you feel normal?”

“Yes, I believe so”