Maru felt oddly happy, and maybe even a small amount of smug, to have introduced the two after Madoka had been telling him he should make friends. He was getting her to make friends. A twist that not even he had ever imagined would happen.

He looked from one to the other. Pink hair and really, really blonde. His was light blue. He looked around the party and realised... there were a lot more strange hair colours than normal. How had he never noticed that before? Strange.