"H̴̢̤͚̠̦͙̫̎å̵̻̍̃p̶̧̦̥̜̤̘̳̘͖͑̑̑́̉̆͒̐̈ṗ̴̛̣͝y̸̢̡̧͍͈̜͓̆͐̽̄̿̐̈́̑̽͠ͅ ̵͔́̌̐͐̽̊̚B̶̨̡̯͕͕͚̮̠͛̔͑̆͘i̸̝̲̐r̷͖̤͔̮͍͔̄̀̓t̷̰̙̦̰̦͙̥͙̪͗̀̎ḩ̵̧̛̛̰̰͊͋͗̐̋̒̐̔d̶̮̺̩̖̲͖̼̼̍͐̍̀͂͌̏͜͝͝ą̸̢̤͍̊͛̓̓̾y̷͔͒.̸̲̻̯̘͈̳̩̖͎̃̂̕͠͝͝ͅ"

Shadow Maru repeated, seemingly unconcerned by Madoka's scream or her subsequent fall.

"T̶̯̗͎̫͚͍̲͊̕h̵̢̙̯̩̦̍̐̆ì̴̡̧̪̰͙̘̻̳̕͜s̵̫̲͚̯͙̘̥̩̗̈́͛̅ ̷̢̨̡̥̮̣̣̗̰̑̌́͗̔̓̄͜i̶̡̢̘̝͉͉̘͕͆͐̿͑͜͠ṣ̴̨͉͓͕̮͙͊̈́̆̿̿̏ ̷̩̰͉̅̃͛̆̒̀̈́͌̈t̴͍̩̩̦̱͔̩̩̙̩̀h̴̙̠̖̲̱̓̈́̒̄͂ë̴̡̼͖̠̩̤́͛ ̷̺̗̮̥̗͇̜͉̊̿̊̉̈́̈́̈́͜ḯ̴͚̜̞͈͖̜̠͙̂̒̽̆̇̄͆̚̕n̸̢̤̻̬̖͕̣̭̻̦̓̒s̴̢̢̧͕̩̼͎͎̫͋ͅỉ̸̢͈͎̹̥͛͗͗̾͊̎̒͌̾͜d̷̹̲̺̝̗̪́͊̐̐̃̈̒̅́̚ȅ̵̢̧̤̫̞̥̰̩̪̹ ̴͓̗̟̬̜͊͗̾͊͌͜͠o̸͕͙̊̊f̸̡̭̦̤̅̓͛̒͆̂̅̀͐͘ ̷̩͔̼̘̯̉̾͆̊͌̎̀͘͝͠Ṃ̶͉͍̰͍̠̆͆̄̾̚a̷̡̙̋͒̔̆̓ŕ̵̖̦̘͈̯͈̘͇̏͜u̵̢̯̣̟̱̙͎̮͇͆͐̎̕͜'̵̠̣̮̮̰̒́̀̿̍̄͒̈͘͘ͅs̸̛̙̗̙̞̫̟̊̈́͜ ̷̰̦̟̝̋̎͝͠m̵̢̹̯̻̮̰̈̒́̒͛̾͑͊͘į̴̛̤̈́͒͂̑̀̆̕n̸̡͔͓̟̣̬̝͚̿d̵͚̮͇̋̊.̵̼̅͂̍̃̀̌̽̌̑͘"

It continued as if nothing was amiss. Like it was the most normal thing in the world. And maybe to this shadow version of Maru it was normal. It waited for Madoka to get herself together, and once she was on her feet it turned and started walking away, each step it made came with an almost comical squeak.

"Ţ̸͇͈̲̗̩̿̓̾̈́̓͐͂̔͒̉ḧ̵͓͓́̊̾͋ĩ̶͙̹͙̭̘͓̑̈̒̈́̈̅̄̊̑͜ͅś̵̢̥̟̄ͅ ̷͔̄̈́̽̇̈́͋̓͋̌ͅw̸̛̜̺͉̯͉̗̓̋̀̍̇̅̚a̸̝͚̻͂̀y̸͙̽,̵̨̪̔̓̄ ̶̨̛̝̯̫̥͕͐͋̔̐̆͆̕͠t̸̨̧̤̗̱̜̪͎̘̲͐̇̓̈̓̕̚h̷͎̫͓͈͍̞͓̻́͛̈́i̵͕̝͈̘̞͔̥̩̫͌̀̑͘s̶̢̻͗̐ ̵̧̦̩̖̻̜͈́͐w̷̰̺̤̗̤͂̿̽́̽͐̒a̶̛̘̗̯̼̎̆̀͋y̸̯̥̼̠̲͓̯̖͒͛͜.̷̧̻̦̖͚̬̒͘͜"