Soothing Maru is the best kind of Maru. No matter how much of an anxious wreck Madoka may be at times, there's no way her worries can keep standing in the face of all this cuteness. Besides, even though Glorfindel's words fluster her, it's not like they're bad. If anything, they just fluster her since they're so kind. So with her cute kitty nuzzling her, Madoka finds just enough courage to smile at the elf.

"Thank you.. I'm really, really grateful you consider me a friend."

But thankfully there's the opportunity for something less flustering to talk about.

"And Maru here is going to going to help protect me and help me fight during the next mission!" She says it like it's natural. Despite the idea of a small cat like that protecting her probably seeming ridiculous.