This is important after all, which means they need to be thorough.

Mmmm...

...Probably eventually they should go be thorough somewhere that isn't 'standing in a random zoo nook while their alts very knowingly guard them'...

Maybe after a few more minutes.

Just a little longer.

Nuzzle.

"I'd love to stand here kissing you forever..." she says. "You're just - so good - but I also wanna take you out dancing, and kiss you on the dance floor, and kiss you when we're cuddling, and when you're doing cute stuff, and when we're alone and when we're in public, and just..." Happy noise, and another quick kiss.

El takes Lion's hand. "Let's go out and do that stuff, then."

She squeezes her sister's hand. "Let's."

And out to face their alts.

Ellie waggles her eyebrows at them. "Looks like things went well."

Bellona giggles, blushing a bit. "We don't know if we want to do anything other than kiss, but..." She kisses El's cheek, demonstratively. "El is a very good kisser."

"Awwwww," Ruby says. "You guys are so cute." Also it's been, like, a decade since Ruby was in her 'unsure of sexuality' phase, it's very adorable seeing a her who managed to hold onto that.

"So young and innocent."

Bellona sticks her tongue out at their alts.

"...We might want - advice? Ideas? At some point..."

"We can oblige, I'm sure."

"I am a font of excellent ideas, well tested wisdom, and general knowledge."

"Maybe when we get to somewhere more private."

"Of course," Ruby says, winking.

"Are we done with the zoo, then?"

"I think so? We've already seen all the interesting things..."

"What next?"

"We may want to sort out tonight's sleeping situation before the last second."

"Possibly with a nicer hotel than the last one... I can book us for multiple nights, especially if we're pretty sure we'll stay a few days, though."

"Depends what else this station has to do. Though these two could probably spend a day or two just in their room..."

Bellona giggles, blushing a bit.

Ruby hums. "I saw some signs for museums, and we could investigate why that one war movie seemed to have magical girls and monsters..."

"So plausibly two days more, which is enough for me to spend money that's not mine on a nice bed."

"And then we can move on, yeah, wherever we feel like."