"Ah. I... had not thought such a thing to be possible. But you are a most unique girl on this world in other respects."

Grin!

And, shyly: "I - might be able to show you it, at some point."

"I think I would like that."

Giggle! "There's something else interesting about it too," she teases. 

"And what might that be?"

"Normally an alchemist can only access their own Gate. But - my sister and I linked our Gates years ago, and we can meet before them."

"I'd like you to meet her."

"Introducing me to the family, hm? You are serious."

Giggle! "And a sharing soul - I've been bragging on you to my sister and she's gotten curious."

"A two-for-one deal? If she's anything like you, I'm interested."

"She's smart - as smart as me, even, but she's - complementary to me in a lot of ways? Calm where I'm wild, reserved where I'm open, detail-oriented where I'm prone to leaps... She's super sweet and caring and funny though once she opens up around you." Bellona only sounds a little smitten.

Eliana's always wondered what it'd be like with sisters. She might have just been presented a chance to find out.

"She sounds lovely."

"Oh, and she's as pretty as me, too."

"A consideration not to be neglected, to be sure."

"It's important for kissing!"

"Indeed." Kiss!

Kisses!!! (She is so excited at the thought of sharing Eliana with El, it's kinda weird.)

(Hopefully this El is just as excited.)

Back to work with renewed purpose, then?

Yeah!

And she can loop Eliana properly into their plans to rescue the other Bellonas now, too. (And their plans for inter-universal transit.)

Eliana is of the opinion that ending the loops will not cut off the existence of the other Bellonas, it will just prevent the creation of more.

Gives them more of a window for a rescue, at least... Or does Eliana think those worlds still exist, just without her? 

Up to a certain point. As long as the ritual remains intact, the worlds will continue to experience time, but once it is undone, time will cease and they will remain in stasis until and unless the reality that granted them time (which is to say, the one Eliana is in, as she is entangled with the focus) begins interacting with them once more.

So they'll experience up until Eliana leaves their timeline, then no further? 

That is the theory.

She goes over it with Eliana first but - it sounds reasonable...

Eliana didn't invent this magic, but she has learned a thing or two about it.