"... You... don't know me well." Maru almost wanted to laugh. She sounded like him. Exactly like him.

He thought about things Madoka had told him. He thought some more... and then shrugged and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.

"... I was alone for... hundreds of years. Deliberately. I'm socially awkward. I'm uncomfortable with people. I'm lazy." He gave her the smallest quirk of a self-depreciating smile. "I don't get people... It's so bothersome I could die. Caring about others... Worrying about them."

And here he dropped. He just sat himself down and sighed. "I wanna be better too. I'm trying. I'm... slowly learning." His head cocked to the side as he looked up at Madoka's Friend. "I'm talking to you."