He sighed at that and got some more of the juice for the kid- cat- whatever.

"Look, the thing you gotta understand is.. that's my job. My job is to protect Madoka. I was just scared you might be tricking her. She's sweet and innocent. You know how hard she works to help others. It'd be pretty easy to take advantage of that. I never really wanted to hurt you. I never will. Not unless you hurt her."

He moved the straw back if Maru wanted more. "Where is the shell now? Do you need help protecting it?"