Piccolo blinked and looked back at Madoka. She was doing that awfully polite thing that was adorable again. He smiled at her without realizing it.

"It's fine, Madoka. I understand." His eyes flicked back to the cat. "So you're Madoka's new friend, hm? You're not up to anything sneaky, are you?"

He couldn't help but think of Puar and Oolong while talking to Maru. They could both shapeshift and sometimes got up to a little mischief from time to time. It usually didn't hurt anything though so Piccolo wasn't trying to sound too intimidating at least.