Great. Beautiful. Don't mind her, just.. casually walking through this weird, kind of scary dimension, following a very creepy version of Maru.. If this isn't a show of how much trust she already has in him, then who knows what could possibly be. Although she isn't quite comfortable enough to tell the odd creature that it isn't her birthday.. Maybe it's more metaphorical?

She stares at the pile of gifts before looking back at shadow Maru.

"The power to protect.."

That's exactly what she's been wanting. Then it must mean that said power is in all of these gifts, right? Is it possible to choose wrong?

It does make the girl feel a bit nervous, but she then properly turns her gaze towards the pile to study it, trying to see if any of the gifts stand out to her.

It's then that she spots it. It's not exactly in front of the pile, but it's a little to the back, just enough to peek out. It's small enough to almost overlook, but Madoka sees it very clearly. Maybe since it's so very pink compared to the many other boxes.

"That one is.." She reaches out to it, but as she does, suddenly the strange place around her seems to fade away. In the blink of an eye she's right back in the greenhouse, but rather than holding the present she was reaching for in her hands, there's a weapon in her hands in the shape of a bow.