Anqi and Elysia looked at each other, and both could see the stirrings of emotion in each other's eyes.
To be fair, Mobius plus a little pink dress was an absolute killer combination.
It was a pity that Dr. Mobius cared a great deal about her pride, and unless she was drunk, she would basically rather die than wear something like that. However, the rarer it was, the more precious it became; both of them saw that restless urge to stir up trouble in each other.
"Next time."
"Find a chance."
"That's right!"
Smack!
With a tacit understanding, they slapped palms, and the plan was hatched.
Talking and laughing up to this point, Elysia finally wrapped her arm around the older Anqi's waist and sat on her lap, their mounds colliding as they gazed at each other closely, face-to-face:
"So, did you miss me, Anqi?"
"Don't you find the me in Celestia to drink tea and eat pastries every few days? Everything is synchronized, didn't we just see each other a little while ago?"
"It's different!"
"How is it different?"
"Even though they're synchronized, the lunar Anqi is the lunar Anqi, and the Celestia Anqi is the Celestia Anqi... They're different, that's a magical girl's intuition."
Elysia smiled, interlaced her fingers with Anqi's, and pressed her forehead against hers.
Anqi froze for a moment.
Elysia's eyes were clear and bright, rippling with starlight.
The maiden goddess loved everyone, but she was not a god after all, and there would always be some partiality. And with so many Anqis, well, wouldn't it be only natural for this partiality to become a little greater?
She repeated once more:
"Did you miss you?"
"...I missed you, Elysia."
"Hehe, the Miss Pink Elf does too, and she has always kept every single Anqi safe