Maru cracked his eyes open. The tension within Madoka was making him feel twitchy. But this friend of hers...

He wriggled out of Madoka's grasp and with a graceful jump moved onto her shoulder. For now.

"... No." Maru answered with a yawn. He didn't think he really needed to go into the particulars of what he was and why he was with this person. But he realised that this was probably a friend of Madoka's if she'd actually sought her out to speak to. He sighed and went ahead and laid down across Madoka's shoulder. "... This is such a pain I could die..."

"I was created to serve..." Maru muttered, not looking the girl in the eye. "... without an Eve I'm just basically a cat..."