Less Than Phantasma
Cast:
Cure Bloom / Cure Bright - Hyuuga Saki - age 25
Cure Egret / Cure Windy - Mishou Mai - age 25
Mishou Masayoshi - Mai's son - newborn
November, 2016
"It's not like I dislike it, but it doesn't seem much like one of your paintings."
Saki is visiting Mai's studio, where her best friend and sister-in-law is working on a family portrait. As it is not a photograph, Mai has taken certain liberties: the dress she is wearing in the painting is clearly impossible, and in reality she does not have wings. Mai's newborn son, whom she is shown holding in her arms, is a baby and nothing more. As for her husband...
"Does Masaru really have a huge cobra tattooed on his chest?"
Mai shakes her head. "He has always called it his power animal, but I can never convince him to go through with it."
"Maybe if you got one yourself?"
"Oh, I could never do that. If I went in for body art, I'd want it to be my art. I'd be the worst customer ever. Just imagine, micromanaging someone while they're working and their job is to carefully poke you with giant needles."
"That sounds like something out of one of Komachi's novels."
"We both draw inspiration from the people around us."