[ ... No handshake? Well, all right then! Mei awkwardly takes her hand back before loyally following the goddess along... the dazzling, sparkling goddess? Come to think of it, Mei never would have guessed a goddess of the underworld would be a sparkly blonde girl... you learn something new every day, she guesses.

In fact, as Mei thinks this over... ]

Mmm... you're considerate, helpful, and understanding... Man, I wish you were the goddess that blessed my family line instead of the ones that did! I bet my life would've been way easier that way...

[ She bets Ereshkigal wouldn't have thought making every woman in her family a gigantic red panda would be useful! She's probably really smart, and thoughtful, and wouldn't doom an entire family line because one doomed ancestor had a favorite animal! ]